Star profile
93 Tauri
Hot blue starWhat is 93 Tauri
93 Tauri burns with the blue-white light only the hottest stars emit: a B-type star 417 light-years away, set in the region of Taurus that stretches toward the Pleiades and the Hyades. Its surface comfortably exceeds 10,000 K, and the energy it pours into space is many times the Sun's. It belongs to the brief, violent lineage of blue suns: short lives, intense glow, often spectacular endings.
Where it is and when to see it
93 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 51° above the horizon.
- From New York it culminates about 61° above the horizon.
- From Sydney it culminates about 44° above the horizon.
It can be seen from anywhere north of 78° S.
It ranks no. 81 in brightness among the 144 stars of Taurus in our catalogue. To find it, start from Aldebaran, the brightest: it lies about 4° 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 93 Tauri
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.45
- Distance
- 416.6 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 70.014° · Dec 12.198°
- Catalogue
- HIP 21735 · HD 29589
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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
- HIP 177765.44
- Celaeno5.45
- HIP 189755.45
- 36 Tauri5.46
- 81 Tauri5.47