Star profile
121 Tauri
Hot blue starWhat is 121 Tauri
121 Tauri is a hot blue sun 553 light-years away, lost in the far northeast of the Bull, well away from the orange blaze of Aldebaran. Its B type places it among the hottest stars the naked eye can reach, with surfaces of tens of thousands of degrees and lives that burn short and luminous. At magnitude 5.37, it is a quiet blue spark in a sky dominated by closer, more famous neighbours.
Where it is and when to see it
121 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 63° above the horizon.
- From New York it culminates about 73° above the horizon.
- From Sydney it culminates about 32° above the horizon.
It can be seen from anywhere north of 66° S.
It ranks no. 72 in brightness among the 144 stars of Taurus in our catalogue. To find it, start from Aldebaran, the brightest: it lies about 16° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 550 years ago.
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Astronomical data for 121 Tauri
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.37
- Distance
- 552.9 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 83.863° · Dec 24.040°
- Catalogue
- HIP 26248 · HD 36819
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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
- 29 Tauri5.34
- 56 Tauri5.34
- HIP 189935.36
- Chi Tauri5.38
- HIP 216705.38