ν Tauri (nu Tauri)

Below the horizon. Rise: 5:11 | Tran: 11:40 | Set: 18:08

Alt: -0.21° Az: 280.02° Direction: West

ν Tauri is a main-sequence star of spectral class A1 in the constellation of Taurus.

ν Tauri visual magnitude is 3.91. Because of its moderate brightness, ν 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 ν Tauri. The red arrow shows the motion of ν Tauri during the next 100000 years (8.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -5.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 04h 04m 30s

Declination +06° 03’ 28”

Hour Angle 06h 31m 59s

Sidereal Time 10h 36m 30s

J2000

Right Ascension 04h 03m 09s

Declination +05° 59’ 21”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 184.68°

Galactic Latitude -33.06°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for ν Tauri (nu Tauri).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 3.91

Class Main-sequence

Absolute magnitude 0.92

Spectral Type A1V

Color Index (B-V) 0.03

Temperature 9766K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

ν Tauri is distant 129.16 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 6 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 39.62

Distance (light year) 129.16

Radial Speed -6 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.005 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.003"/y

Alternative Designations

Bayer designation ν Tauri
(nu Tauri)

Flamsteed designation 38 Tauri

Henry Draper Catalogue HD25490

SAO Catalogue SAO111579

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP18907

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+05 581

FK5 Catalogue 151

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 83.9° RISE 5:11

Max altitude: 44.6° TRANSIT 11:40

Azimuth: 276.1° SET 18:08

Set Location

Other stars in Taurus