133 Tauri

Below the horizon. Rise: 21:58 | Tran: 5:12 | Set: 12:22

Alt: -24.48° Az: 5.02° Direction: North

133 Tauri is a multiple sub-giant star of spectral class B2 in the constellation of Taurus.

133 Tauri visual magnitude is 5.29. Because of its faintness, 133 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 133 Tauri. The red arrow shows the motion of 133 Tauri during the next 10000 years (0.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 05h 49m 07s

Declination +13° 54’ 24”

Hour Angle 12h 18m 49s

Sidereal Time 18h 07m 56s

J2000

Right Ascension 05h 47m 42s

Declination +13° 53’ 58”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 193.17°

Galactic Latitude -7.33°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for 133 Tauri.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.29

Class Sub-giant

Absolute magnitude -1.66

Spectral Type B2IV

Color Index (B-V) -0.17

Temperature 12902K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 133 Tauri is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 133 Tauri. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

133 Tauri is a visual double star which can be observed only with the help of very large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the 133 Tauri double sysyem:

Main star magnitude 5.29

Secondary star magnitude 11.39

Magnitude difference 6.1

Separation 24.9 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

133 Tauri is distant 799.02 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 29 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 245.10

Distance (light year) 799.02

Radial Speed 29 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.002 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.012"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 133 Tauri

Henry Draper Catalogue HD38622

SAO Catalogue SAO94864

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP27364

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+13 979

FK5 Catalogue 2433

Aitken Double Star Catalogue ADS4381

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 133 Tauri rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 76.1° RISE 21:58

Max altitude: 52.4° TRANSIT 5:12

Azimuth: 283.9° SET 12:22

Set Location

Other stars in Taurus