Star profile

30 Tauri

Hot blue star

3D likeness based on its real data · class B · ~15,000 K

What is 30 Tauri

30 Tauri burns as a blue B-class star about 450 light-years away, set in the rich field of the Bull not far from the Hyades cluster. B stars are young and violent suns: surface temperatures many times that of our own, lifespans brief on a cosmic scale. The light arriving tonight set out in the early sixteenth century, as Magellan was preparing his circumnavigation.

Where it is and when to see it

30 Tauri lies in the northern celestial hemisphere. It is visible to the naked eye under a dark sky. Its best month of the year is November, when it culminates around midnight.

From London it culminates about 50° above the horizon.
From New York it culminates about 60° above the horizon.
From Sydney it culminates about 45° above the horizon.

It can be seen from anywhere north of 79° S.

It ranks no. 52 in brightness among the 144 stars of Taurus in our catalogue. To find it, start from Aldebaran, the brightest: it lies about 13° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).

The light you see today left it about 450 years ago.

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Astronomical data for 30 Tauri

Constellation: Taurus
Apparent magnitude: 5.08
Distance: 453.7 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 57.068° · Dec 11.143°
Catalogue: HIP 17771 · HD 23793

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Other stars in Taurus

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