18 Tauri

Altitude: 44.3° Azimuth: 253.6° Direction: West-South-West

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:

Color of 18 Tauri ⬤

Magnitude of 18 Tauri 5.64

Class Main-sequence

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

18 Tauri is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: 44.3°
Azimuth: 253.6°
Direction: West-South-West

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:

Right Ascension J2000 03h 45m 09s

Declination J2000 +24° 50’ 21”

Galactic Longitude 165.7°

Galactic Latitude -23.26°

Constellation Taurus

The simplified sky map below shows the position of 18 Tauri in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for 18 Tauri.

Visibility of 18 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 18 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: 65.2° RISE 14:12

Max altitude: 63.4° TRANSIT 22:31

Azimuth: 294.8° SET 6:54

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.

DSS2 image of 18 Tauri. The red arrow shows the motion of 18 Tauri during the next 10000 years (3.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -7.83 arcmin in declination);

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.

Distance (parsec) 112.74 pc

Distance (light year) 367.53 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity -2 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.02 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec -0.047 arcsec/year

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.

Absolute magnitude 0.38

Spectral Type B8V

Color Index (B-V) -0.07

Temperature of 18 Tauri 11092K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 18 Tauri is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 18 Tauri. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of 18 Tauri

Flamsteed designation 18 Tauri

Henry Draper Catalogue HD23324

SAO Catalogue SAO76137

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP17527

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+24 546

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