Star profile
114 Tauri
Hot blue starWhat is 114 Tauri
114 Tauri sends out a blue-white light from more than six hundred and twenty-four light-years away, at the eastern edge of the Bull. Its B-type atmosphere, far hotter than the Sun's, radiates a dry, piercing brilliance. When this light left the star, the first modern star atlases were being printed in Europe —and it would still have to wait centuries to reach the first human eye that recorded it with instruments.
Where it is and when to see it
114 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 60° above the horizon.
- From New York it culminates about 71° above the horizon.
- From Sydney it culminates about 34° above the horizon.
It can be seen from anywhere north of 68° S.
It ranks no. 41 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 620 years ago.
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Astronomical data for 114 Tauri
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Apparent magnitude
- 4.88
- Distance
- 624.9 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 81.909° · Dec 21.937°
- Catalogue
- HIP 25539 · HD 35708
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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
- 139 Tauri4.81
- 47 Tauri4.84
- 126 Tauri4.84
- 132 Tauri4.88
- 134 Tauri4.89