Star profile

88 Tauri

3D likeness based on its real data · class A · ~8,500 K

What is 88 Tauri

88 Tauri burns with a blue-white tone at the edge of the bull's face, some 156 light-years from the Sun. Its A-type spectrum reveals a surface hotter than our own star, still in the prime of its cosmic youth. Magnitude 4.25 places it at the threshold of unaided sight under clear skies, a quiet point amid the bull's brighter lanterns.

Where it is and when to see it

88 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 December, when it culminates around midnight.

From London it culminates about 49° above the horizon.
From New York it culminates about 59° above the horizon.
From Sydney it culminates about 46° above the horizon.

It can be seen from anywhere north of 80° S.

It ranks no. 20 in brightness among the 144 stars of Taurus in our catalogue. To find it, start from Aldebaran, the brightest: it lies about 6° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).

The light you see today left it about 160 years ago.

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Astronomical data for 88 Tauri

Constellation: Taurus
Apparent magnitude: 4.25
Distance: 156.2 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 68.914° · Dec 10.161°
Catalogue: HIP 21402 · HD 29140

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