131 Tauri

Above the horizon. Rise: 13:10 | Tran: 20:23 | Set: 3:41

Alt: 24.55° Az: 262.41° Direction: West

131 Tauri is a main-sequence star of spectral class A3 in the constellation of Taurus.

131 Tauri visual magnitude is 5.72. Because of its faintness, 131 Tauri is visible to the naked eye only from locations with very dark skies, while it is not visible at all from skies affected by light pollution.

DSS2 image of 131 Tauri. The red arrow shows the motion of 131 Tauri during the next 10000 years (1.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -6.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 05h 48m 39s

Declination +14° 29’ 44”

Hour Angle 04h 34m 31s

Sidereal Time 10h 23m 10s

J2000

Right Ascension 05h 47m 13s

Declination +14° 29’ 17”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 192.6°

Galactic Latitude -7.14°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.72

Class Main-sequence

Absolute magnitude 0.16

Spectral Type A3V

Color Index (B-V) 0.04

Temperature 9652K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 131 Tauri is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 131 Tauri. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

131 Tauri is distant 422.28 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 21 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 129.53

Distance (light year) 422.28

Radial Speed 21 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.01 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.039"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 131 Tauri

Henry Draper Catalogue HD38545

SAO Catalogue SAO94855

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP27316

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+14 1025

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 131 Tauri rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 75.5° RISE 13:10

Max altitude: 53.0° TRANSIT 20:23

Azimuth: 284.5° SET 3:41

Set Location

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