Star profile
Omega 1 Tauri
What is Omega 1 Tauri
Omega-1 Tauri occupies a region of the Bull set apart from the famed Hyades cluster and the luminous patch of the Pleiades. It is an orange K-type giant some 284 light-years away —an aged, swollen star that has crossed the thresholds of its evolution. Its warm light blends with a background of lesser stars, in a constellation whose zodiacal body holds some of the winter sky's most celebrated stellar landmarks.
Where it is and when to see it
Omega 1 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 58° above the horizon.
- From New York it culminates about 69° above the horizon.
- From Sydney it culminates about 36° above the horizon.
It can be seen from anywhere north of 70° S.
It ranks no. 89 in brightness among the 144 stars of Taurus in our catalogue. To find it, start from Aldebaran, the brightest: it lies about 7° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 280 years ago.
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Astronomical data for Omega 1 Tauri
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.51
- Distance
- 283.9 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 62.292° · Dec 19.609°
- Catalogue
- HIP 19388 · HD 26162
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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
- 53 Tauri5.50
- 103 Tauri5.50
- HIP 259505.50
- HIP 230435.51
- 116 Tauri5.52