18 Tauri
18 Tauri is a main-sequence star in the constellation of Taurus.
18 Tauri visual magnitude is 5.64. Because of its reltive faintness, 18 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 18 Tauri:
18 Tauri is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom .
Altitude: 41.0°
Azimuth: 101.4°
Direction: East-South-East
Celestial coordinates and finder chart of 18 Tauri
18 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 18 Tauri are provided in the following table:
The simplified sky map below shows the position of 18 Tauri in the sky:

Visibility of 18 Tauri from your location
Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London
Today's 18 Tauri rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, United Kingdom are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):
Digitized Sky Survey image of 18 Tauri
The image below is a photograph of 18 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 18 Tauri is 0.02 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.047 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

Distance of 18 Tauri from the Sun and relative movement
18 Tauri is distant 367.53 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 2 kilometers per second.
Spectral properties of 18 Tauri
18 Tauri belongs to spectral class B8 and has a luminosity class of V corresponding to a main-sequence star.
The red dot in the diagram below shows where 18 Tauri is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.
