135 Tauri

135 Tauri is a giant star in the constellation of Taurus.

135 Tauri visual magnitude is 5.52. Because of its reltive faintness, 135 Tauri should be visible only from locations with dark skyes, while it is not visible at all from skyes affected by light pollution.

The table below summarizes the key facts about 135 Tauri:

Color of 135 Tauri ⬤

Magnitude of 135 Tauri 5.52

Class Giant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW 135 Tauri is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of 135 Tauri

135 Tauri is situated close to the celestial equator, as such, it is at least partly visible from both hemispheres in certain times of the year. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of 135 Tauri are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 05h 50m 28s

Declination J2000 +14° 18’ 20”

Galactic Longitude 193.16°

Galactic Latitude -6.55°

Constellation Taurus

The simplified sky map below shows the position of 135 Tauri in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for 135 Tauri.

Visibility of 135 Tauri from your location

Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London

Today's 135 Tauri rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 75.7° RISE 6:55

Max altitude: 52.8° TRANSIT 14:07

Azimuth: 284.3° SET 21:19

RIGHT NOW 135 Tauri is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom

Digitized Sky Survey image of 135 Tauri

The image below is a photograph of 135 Tauri from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2 - see the credits section) taken in the red channel. The area of sky represented in the image is 0.5x0.5 degrees (30x30 arcmins). The proper motion of 135 Tauri is 0.006 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.035 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of 135 Tauri. The red arrow shows the motion of 135 Tauri during the next 10000 years (1.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -5.83 arcmin in declination);

Distance of 135 Tauri from the Sun and relative movement

135 Tauri is distant 312.26 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 46 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 95.79 pc

Distance (light year) 312.26 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity 46 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.006 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec -0.035 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of 135 Tauri

135 Tauri belongs to spectral class G9

Absolute magnitude 0.61

Spectral Type G9

Color Index (B-V) 1.01

Temperature of 135 Tauri 4719K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 135 Tauri is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 135 Tauri. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of 135 Tauri

Flamsteed designation 135 Tauri

Henry Draper Catalogue HD39019

SAO Catalogue SAO94904

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP27581

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+14 1041

In Evidence

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