134 Tauri

Above the horizon. Rise: 8:21 | Tran: 15:24 | Set: 22:27

Alt: 46.33° Az: 143.76° Direction: South-East

134 Tauri is a double sub-giant star of spectral class B9 in the constellation of Taurus.

134 Tauri visual magnitude is 4.91. Because of its moderate brightness, 134 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 134 Tauri. The red arrow shows the motion of 134 Tauri during the next 10000 years (-3.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -4.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 05h 50m 58s

Declination +12° 39’ 25”

Hour Angle 22h 21m 04s

Sidereal Time 04h 12m 03s

J2000

Right Ascension 05h 49m 32s

Declination +12° 39’ 03”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 194.49°

Galactic Latitude -7.57°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 4.91

Class Sub-giant

Absolute magnitude 0.31

Spectral Type B9IV

Color Index (B-V) -0.07

Temperature 11092K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 134 Tauri is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 134 Tauri. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

134 Tauri is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of small or medium telescopes. The table below shows key information about the 134 Tauri double sysyem:

Main star magnitude 4.91

Secondary star magnitude 10.31

Magnitude difference 5.4

Separation 18.9 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

134 Tauri is distant 271.67 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 18 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 83.33

Distance (light year) 271.67

Radial Speed 18 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.02 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.024"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 134 Tauri

Henry Draper Catalogue HD38899

SAO Catalogue SAO94888

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP27511

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+12 912

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 134 Tauri rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 77.3° RISE 8:21

Max altitude: 51.2° TRANSIT 15:24

Azimuth: 282.7° SET 22:27

Set Location

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