Star profile

45 Tauri

3D likeness based on its real data · class F · ~6,500 K

What is 45 Tauri

45 Tauri is a yellow-white F-type star about 121 light-years away, in the field of the Bull, not far from the open cluster of the Hyades that traces the animal's face. Its temperature sits between the Sun's and that of hotter stars, giving its light a clean, pale tone. It belongs to the background retinue of suns that surrounds Aldebaran, the Bull's ruddy eye.

Where it is and when to see it

45 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 44° above the horizon.
From New York it culminates about 55° above the horizon.
From Sydney it culminates about 51° above the horizon.

It can be seen from anywhere north of 84° S.

It ranks no. 111 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 120 years ago.

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Astronomical data for 45 Tauri

Constellation: Taurus
Apparent magnitude: 5.71
Distance: 120.6 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 62.835° · Dec 5.523°
Catalogue: HIP 19554 · HD 26462

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Other stars in Taurus

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