Star profile

122 Tauri

3D likeness based on its real data · class F · ~6,500 K

What is 122 Tauri

122 Tauri is a white-yellow F-type star in the Bull, moving away from us at more than forty kilometres per second —a sizeable radial velocity, enough to shift its spectral lines measurably towards the red—. Its glow crosses just over one hundred and fifty years to reach Earth, leaving when refracting telescopes were starting to rival the great Victorian reflectors.

Where it is and when to see it

122 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 56° above the horizon.
From New York it culminates about 66° above the horizon.
From Sydney it culminates about 39° above the horizon.

It can be seen from anywhere north of 73° S.

It ranks no. 94 in brightness among the 144 stars of Taurus in our catalogue. To find it, start from Aldebaran, the brightest: it lies about 15° 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 122 Tauri

Constellation: Taurus
Apparent magnitude: 5.53
Distance: 158.5 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 84.266° · Dec 17.040°
Catalogue: HIP 26382 · HD 37147

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Other stars in Taurus

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