136 Tauri

Above the horizon. Rise: 22:38 | Tran: 7:23 | Set: 16:05

Alt: 54.07° Az: 117.73° Direction: East-South-East

136 Tauri is a variable and double hypergiant star of spectral class A0 in the constellation of Taurus.

136 Tauri visual magnitude is 4.58. Because of its moderate brightness, 136 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 136 Tauri. The red arrow shows the motion of 136 Tauri during the next 10000 years (0.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 05h 54m 52s

Declination +27° 36’ 56”

Hour Angle 21h 36m 27s

Sideral Time 03h 31m 20s

J2000

Right Ascension 05h 53m 19s

Declination +27° 36’ 43”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 182.01°

Galactic Latitude 0.77°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for 136 Tauri.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 4.58

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude -1.06

Spectral Type A0V

Color Index (B-V) -0.02

Temperature 10382K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 136 Tauri is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 136 Tauri. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

136 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 136 Tauri double sysyem:

Main star magnitude 4.58

Secondary star magnitude 6.08

Magnitude difference 1.5

Separation 0 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

136 Tauri is distant 437.58 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 16 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 134.23

Distance (light year) 437.58

Radial Speed -16 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.003 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.012"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 136 Tauri

Henry Draper Catalogue HD39357

SAO Catalogue SAO77675

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP27830

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+27 899

FK5 Catalogue 1158

General Catalogue of Variable Stars 2696

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 136 Tauri rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 62.4° RISE 22:38

Max altitude: 66.1° TRANSIT 7:23

Azimuth: 297.6° SET 16:05

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

Location

Other stars in Taurus