Pleione - 28 Tauri

Below the horizon. Rise: 20:49 | Tran: 5:08 | Set: 13:23

Alt: -14.28° Az: 357.64° Direction: North

Pleione, also designated as 28 Tauri , is a variable main-sequence star of spectral class B8 in the constellation of Taurus.

Pleione visual magnitude is 5.09. Because of its faintness, Pleione 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 Pleione. The red arrow shows the motion of Pleione during the next 10000 years (2.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -8.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 03h 50m 39s

Declination +24° 12’ 38”

Hour Angle 11h 49m 58s

Sideral Time 15h 40m 38s

J2000

Right Ascension 03h 49m 11s

Declination +24° 08’ 12”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 166.96°

Galactic Latitude -23.17°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for Pleione - 28 Tauri.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.09

Class Main-sequence

Absolute magnitude -0.28

Spectral Type B8V

Color Index (B-V) -0.08

Temperature 11247K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

Pleione is distant 387.17 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 4 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 118.76

Distance (light year) 387.17

Radial Speed 4 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.013 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.05"/y

Alternative Designations

Proper Name Pleione

Flamsteed designation 28 Tauri

Henry Draper Catalogue HD23862

SAO Catalogue SAO76229

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP17851

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+23 558

General Catalogue of Variable Stars BU Tau

Visibility from Your Location

Today's Pleione - 28 Tauri rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 65.8° RISE 20:49

Max altitude: 62.7° TRANSIT 5:08

Azimuth: 294.2° SET 13:23

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

Location

Other stars in Taurus