18 Tauri

Above the horizon. Rise: 20:36 | Tran: 5:00 | Set: 13:20

Alt: 55.36° Az: 128.94° Direction: South-East

18 Tauri is a main-sequence star of spectral class B8 in the constellation of Taurus.

18 Tauri visual magnitude is 5.64. Because of its faintness, 18 Tauri is visible to the naked eye only from locations with very dark skies, while it is not visible at all from skies affected by light pollution.

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);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 03h 46m 38s

Declination +24° 54’ 54”

Hour Angle 22h 03m 18s

Sideral Time 01h 49m 57s

J2000

Right Ascension 03h 45m 09s

Declination +24° 50’ 21”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 165.7°

Galactic Latitude -23.26°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for 18 Tauri.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.64

Class Main-sequence

Absolute magnitude 0.38

Spectral Type B8V

Color Index (B-V) -0.07

Temperature 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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

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

Distance (light year) 367.53

Radial Speed -2 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.02 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.047"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 18 Tauri

Henry Draper Catalogue HD23324

SAO Catalogue SAO76137

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP17527

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+24 546

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 18 Tauri rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 65.1° RISE 20:36

Max altitude: 63.4° TRANSIT 5:00

Azimuth: 294.9° SET 13:20

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

Location

Other stars in Taurus