Star profile

41 Tauri

Variable star

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

What is 41 Tauri

41 Tauri is a variable blue B-type star within the field of the Bull, the same region of sky that hosts the Pleiades and the Hyades. Its surface burns well above ten thousand kelvin —twice the Sun's— and pulses with slight changes in brightness. From 420 light-years away, its light departed around 1606, when Kepler was still publishing his laws and Galileo was pointing a newly invented spyglass at the sky.

Where it is and when to see it

41 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 66° above the horizon.
From New York it culminates about 77° above the horizon.
From Sydney it culminates about 29° above the horizon.

It can be seen from anywhere north of 62° S.

It ranks no. 57 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 420 years ago.

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Astronomical data for 41 Tauri

Constellation: Taurus
Apparent magnitude: 5.18
Distance: 420.4 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 61.652° · Dec 27.600°
Catalogue: HIP 19171 · HD 25823

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