Star profile

83 Tauri

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

What is 83 Tauri

83 Tauri is a yellow-white F-type star only 148 light-years away —a modest distance by Taurean standards. Hotter than the Sun and a touch whiter in colour, it sits in the narrow spectral band where astronomers carefully look for stars potentially akin to our own. Its light, set out near the start of the twentieth century, now enters the field of any amateur telescope.

Where it is and when to see it

83 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 52° above the horizon.
From New York it culminates about 63° above the horizon.
From Sydney it culminates about 42° above the horizon.

It can be seen from anywhere north of 76° S.

It ranks no. 76 in brightness among the 144 stars of Taurus in our catalogue. To find it, start from Aldebaran, the brightest: it lies about 3° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).

The light you see today left it about 150 years ago.

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Astronomical data for 83 Tauri

Constellation: Taurus
Apparent magnitude: 5.40
Distance: 147.5 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 67.656° · Dec 13.724°
Catalogue: HIP 21036 · HD 28556

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Other stars in Taurus

Taurus has 144 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.

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