132 Tauri

Above the horizon. Rise: 22:34 | Tran: 6:55 | Set: 15:13

Alt: 19.15° Az: 74.30° Direction: East-North-East

132 Tauri is a variable giant star of spectral class G8 in the constellation of Taurus.

132 Tauri visual magnitude is 4.86. Because of its moderate brightness, 132 Tauri is easily visible to the naked eye from locations with dark skies, while it might be barely visible, or not visible at all, from light-polluted skies.

DSS2 image of 132 Tauri. The red arrow shows the motion of 132 Tauri during the next 10000 years (-0.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 05h 50m 32s

Declination +24° 34’ 25”

Hour Angle 18h 01m 06s

Sideral Time 23h 51m 38s

J2000

Right Ascension 05h 49m 00s

Declination +24° 34’ 02”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 184.13°

Galactic Latitude -1.61°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for 132 Tauri.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 4.86

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude -1.16

Spectral Type G8III

Color Index (B-V) 1.01

Temperature 4719K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 132 Tauri is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 132 Tauri. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

132 Tauri is distant 521.60 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 16 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 160.00

Distance (light year) 521.60

Radial Speed 16 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.004 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.023"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 132 Tauri

Henry Draper Catalogue HD38751

SAO Catalogue SAO77592

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP27468

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+24 970

FK5 Catalogue 2435

General Catalogue of Variable Stars 2650

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 132 Tauri rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 65.4° RISE 22:34

Max altitude: 63.1° TRANSIT 6:55

Azimuth: 294.6° SET 15:13

Name:	Greenwich, UK
Latitude:	51° 28' 48.0" N
Longitude:	0° 0' 0.0" E
Timezone:	Europe/London

Location

Other stars in Taurus