Star profile

97 Tauri

Variable star

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

What is 97 Tauri

97 Tauri is a white A-type star on the flank of the Bull, slightly variable: its brightness oscillates with the pulse of an unsteady atmosphere. About 167 light-years away, its light left around 1859, when Darwin was publishing On the Origin of Species. That faint intrinsic flicker, almost imperceptible, makes of it a small astronomical machine endlessly repeating a single luminous gesture.

Where it is and when to see it

97 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 57° above the horizon.
From New York it culminates about 68° above the horizon.
From Sydney it culminates about 37° above the horizon.

It can be seen from anywhere north of 71° S.

It ranks no. 54 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 170 years ago.

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Astronomical data for 97 Tauri

Constellation: Taurus
Apparent magnitude: 5.08
Distance: 167.2 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 72.844° · Dec 18.840°
Catalogue: HIP 22565 · HD 30780

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