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125 Tauri

Hot blue star

3D likeness based on its real data · class B · ~15,000 K

What is 125 Tauri

125 Tauri is a hot blue B-type star, distant and silent, lying more than four hundred light-years away in the constellation of the Bull. Its light set out in the heart of the early modern era, when the great geometers were beginning to unravel the laws of celestial motion. Across this region of sky also shine the Hyades and the Pleiades, two famous clusters among which this discreet star passes almost unnoticed.

Where it is and when to see it

125 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 64° above the horizon.
From New York it culminates about 75° above the horizon.
From Sydney it culminates about 30° above the horizon.

It can be seen from anywhere north of 64° S.

It ranks no. 58 in brightness among the 144 stars of Taurus in our catalogue. To find it, start from Aldebaran, the brightest: it lies about 18° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).

The light you see today left it about 430 years ago.

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Astronomical data for 125 Tauri

Constellation: Taurus
Apparent magnitude: 5.18
Distance: 427.5 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 84.934° · Dec 25.897°
Catalogue: HIP 26640 · HD 37438

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Other stars in Taurus

Taurus has 144 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.

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