ι Tauri (iota Tauri)

Below the horizon. Rise: 5:18 | Tran: 13:15 | Set: 21:12

Alt: -13.40° Az: 335.18° Direction: North-North-West

ι Tauri is a main-sequence star of spectral class A7 in the constellation of Taurus.

ι Tauri visual magnitude is 4.64. Because of its moderate brightness, ι 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 ι Tauri. The red arrow shows the motion of ι Tauri during the next 10000 years (11.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -7.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 05h 04m 36s

Declination +21° 37’ 27”

Hour Angle 10h 15m 46s

Sidereal Time 15h 20m 23s

J2000

Right Ascension 05h 03m 05s

Declination +21° 35’ 23”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 180.77°

Galactic Latitude -12.06°

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Finder chart for ι Tauri (iota Tauri).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 4.64

Class Main-sequence

Absolute magnitude 1.15

Spectral Type A7V

Color Index (B-V) 0.16

Temperature 8486K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

ι Tauri is distant 162.92 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 41 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 49.98

Distance (light year) 162.92

Radial Speed 41 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.066 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.042"/y

Alternative Designations

Bayer designation ι Tauri
(iota Tauri)

Flamsteed designation 102 Tauri

Henry Draper Catalogue HD32301

SAO Catalogue SAO76920

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP23497

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+21 751

FK5 Catalogue 184

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 68.4° RISE 5:18

Max altitude: 60.1° TRANSIT 13:15

Azimuth: 291.6° SET 21:12

Set Location

Other stars in Taurus