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132 Tauri

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What is 132 Tauri

132 Tauri occupies one of the highest positions in Flamsteed's numbering of the Bull, far beyond the Hyades cluster. It is a yellow G-type giant whose light has been travelling for 364 years —it left when Newton was still a child in Lincolnshire. Its warm, settled glow at magnitude 4.9 yields itself only to a patient eye under clean skies, far from the lamps.

Where it is and when to see it

132 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 74° above the horizon.
From Sydney it culminates about 32° above the horizon.

It can be seen from anywhere north of 65° S.

It ranks no. 42 in brightness among the 144 stars of Taurus in our catalogue. To find it, start from Aldebaran, the brightest: it lies about 19° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).

The light you see today left it about 360 years ago.

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Astronomical data for 132 Tauri

Constellation: Taurus
Apparent magnitude: 4.88
Distance: 363.7 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 87.254° · Dec 24.568°
Catalogue: HIP 27468 · HD 38751

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