Star profile
31 Tauri
Hot blue starWhat is 31 Tauri
31 Tauri is a blue B-type star, hot and luminous, set in the constellation of the Bull not far from the Hyades cluster. Its bluish tone reveals a surface at tens of thousands of degrees, far above that of the Sun. Its light crosses almost eight centuries of space before touching the mirror of any telescope.
Where it is and when to see it
31 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 45° above the horizon.
- From New York it culminates about 56° above the horizon.
- From Sydney it culminates about 50° above the horizon.
It can be seen from anywhere north of 83° S.
It ranks no. 105 in brightness among the 144 stars of Taurus in our catalogue. To find it, start from Aldebaran, the brightest: it lies about 15° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 780 years ago.
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Astronomical data for 31 Tauri
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.66
- Distance
- 778.5 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 58.001° · Dec 6.535°
- Catalogue
- HIP 18089 · HD 24263
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Other stars in Taurus
Taurus has 144 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.
- AldebaranAlpha Tauri0.87
- ElnathBeta Tauri1.65
- AlcyoneEta Tauri2.85
- 51 Tauri5.64
- 63 Tauri5.64
- 18 Tauri5.66
- HIP 188055.67
- HIP 212955.67