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18 Tauri

Altitude: 30.1°   Azimuth: 87.0°   Direction: East

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 skies, while it is not visible at all from skies affected by light pollution.

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.

Image of 18 Tauri star
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);

Key facts about 18 Tauri

5.64
Main-sequence

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

Altitude: 30.1°
Azimuth: 87.0°
Direction: 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:

03h 45m 09s
+24° 50’ 21”
165.7°
-23.26°
Taurus

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

Finder chart 18 Tauri star
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°
Max altitude: 63.4°
Azimuth: 294.8°

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.

112.74 pc
367.53 ly
-2 km/s
0.02 arcsec/year
-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.

0.38
B8V
11092K

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

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

Alternative designations of 18 Tauri

SAO76137
SAO76137