Observation data Epoch J2000 Equinox J2000 | |
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Constellation | Taurus |
Right ascension | 03h 32m 35.943s [1] |
Declination | +09° 22′ 24.42″ [1] |
Apparent magnitude (V) | 5.757 [2] |
Characteristics | |
Spectral type | B9III [3] (kB8HeB9.5V(HgMn)) [4] |
U−B color index | −0.29 [5] |
B−V color index | −0.08 [5] |
Astrometry | |
Radial velocity (Rv) | +11.40 [6] km/s |
Proper motion (μ) | RA: +30.327 mas/yr [1] Dec.: −48.036 mas/yr [1] |
Parallax (π) | 8.9915 ± 0.0866 mas [1] |
Distance | 363 ± 3 ly (111 ± 1 pc) |
Details | |
Mass | 2.8 [1] M☉ |
Radius | 2.5 [1] R☉ |
Luminosity | 79 [1] L☉ |
Surface gravity (log g) | 4.13 [1] cgs |
Temperature | 10,963 [1] K |
Metallicity [Fe/H] | +0.64 [1] dex |
Rotational velocity (v sin i) | 87.60 [7] km/s |
Age | 224 [1] Myr |
Other designations | |
Database references | |
SIMBAD | data |
6 Tauri, also designated t Tauri, is a chemically peculiar star in the northern constellation of Taurus. It has an apparent visual magnitude of 5.8, so, according to the Bortle scale, it is faintly visible from suburban skies at night. Measurements made with the Gaia spacecraft show an annual parallax shift of 9.0 mas , which is equivalent to a distance of around 363 light years from the Sun.
A stellar classification of B9III matches that of a B-type giant star, but a more detailed analysis gives a type of kB8HeB9.5V(HgMn), indicating a main sequence mercury-manganese star. Mercury-manganese stars are chemically peculiar stars with a specific over-abundance of mercury and manganese absorption lines in their spectra. [5] [7]
6 Tauri has a mass 2.8 times that of the Sun and a radius 2.5 times the Sun's. With an effective temperature of 10,963 K , it shines with a bolometric luminosity of 79 L☉. Evolutionary models indicate that it is still on the main sequence with an age of 224 million years. [1]
Maia, designated 20 Tauri, is a star in the constellation of Taurus. It is a blue giant of spectral type B8 III, a chemically peculiar star, and the prototype of the Maia variable class of variable star.
109 Virginis is a single, white-hued star in the zodiac constellation of Virgo, located some 134.5 light years away from the Sun. It is the seventh-brightest member of this constellation, having an apparent visual magnitude of +3.72.
Sigma Aquarii, Latinized from σ Aquarii, is a double star in the equatorial constellation of Aquarius, positioned about 1.3° to the south of the ecliptic. Due to its proximity to the ecliptic, this star is subject to occultation by the Moon. It has a white hue and is visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of 4.81. Based upon parallax measurements, the distance to this star is approximately 175 light-years. It is drifting further away with a radial velocity of +11 km/s.
74 Aquarii is a triple star system in the constellation of Aquarius. 74 Aquarii is its Flamsteed designation and it also bears the variable star designation HI Aquarii. The combined apparent visual magnitude is 5.8, although it is very slightly variable, and it is located at a distance of 590 light-years from Earth.
20 Aquarii, abbreviated 20 Aqr, is a star in the constellation Aquarius. 20 Aquarii is the Flamsteed designation. It is a dim star with an apparent visual magnitude of 6.38. Based upon an annual parallax shift of 15.34 mas, it is located 213 light years away but is moving closer to the Earth with a heliocentric radial velocity of −23 km/s. The star is predicted to come to within 110 light-years in around 1.9 million years.
21 Aquilae is a solitary variable star in the equatorial constellation of Aquila. It has the variable star designation V1288 Aql; 21 Aquilae is its Flamsteed designation. This object is visible to the naked eye as a dim, blue-white hued star with a baseline apparent visual magnitude of 5.14. The star is located at a distance of around 740 light-years from Earth, give or take a 30 light-year margin of error. It is moving closer to the Earth with a heliocentric radial velocity of –5 km/s.
HD 172044 is a triple star system in the northern constellation of Lyra. It has a blue-white hue and is visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of 5.41. The distance to the primary component is approximately 535 light years based on parallax. It is drifting closer with a radial velocity of −32.5 km/s, and is predicted to come as near as 77.3 light-years to the Sun some 4.5 million years from now.
HD 16004 is blue-white hued star in the northern constellation of Andromeda. It is a challenge to see with the naked eye even under good viewing conditions, having an apparent visual magnitude of 6.26. Located approximately 660 light-years away from the Sun based on parallax, it is drifting closer with a heliocentric radial velocity of −7 km/s.
HD 35520 is a single star in the northern constellation of Auriga. It has a white hue and is dimly visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of 5.92. The distance to this star is approximately 2,200 light years based on parallax. The radial velocity for the star is, as yet, poorly constrained.
HD 37519 is star in the northern constellation Auriga. It has a blue-white hue and is dimly visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of 6.04. The distance to HD 37519 is approximately 810 light years based on parallax, but it is drifting closer with a radial velocity of −10 km/s.
46 Aquilae is a star in the constellation of Aquila, located to the north of Tarazed. 46 Aquilae is its Flamsteed designation. It is a dim, blue-white hued star that is a challenge to view with the naked eye, having an apparent visual magnitude of 6.33. This object is located approximately 830 light years from the Sun, based on parallax. It is moving closer to the Earth with a heliocentric radial velocity of −25 km/s.
μ Ophiuchi, Latinized as Mu Ophiuchi, is a solitary, blue-white hued star in the equatorial constellation of Ophiuchus. It is visible to the naked as a faint point of light with an apparent visual magnitude of 4.62. This object is located approximately 760 light years away from the Sun based on parallax, but is drifting closer with a radial velocity of −18.5 km/s.
26 Vulpeculae is a close binary star system in the northern constellation of Vulpecula, around 644 light years away from the Sun. It is a challenge to view with the naked eye, having an apparent visual magnitude of 6.40. The star is moving closer to the Earth with a heliocentric radial velocity of −63 km/s, and is expected to come within 225 light-years in around 2.6 million years.
HD 29573 is a binary star system in the constellation Eridanus. It has a combined apparent visual magnitude of 4.99, making it visible to the naked eye. Based upon an annual parallax shift of 15 mas, it is located 217 light years from the Sun. The system is moving further away from Earth with a heliocentric radial velocity of +3 km/s.
HR 4072 is a binary star system in the northern circumpolar constellation of Ursa Major. It has the variable star designation ET Ursae Majoris, abbreviated ET Uma, while HR 4072 is the system's designation from the Bright Star Catalogue. It has a white hue and is faintly visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude that fluctuates around 4.94. The system is located at a distance of approximately 339 light years from the Sun based on parallax measurements. The radial velocity measurement is poorly constrained, but it appears to be drifting closer to the Sun at the rate of around −3 km/s.
11 Persei is a single star in the constellation of Perseus, located about 418 light years away from the Sun. It is visible to the naked eye as a dim, blue-white hued star with an apparent visual magnitude of 5.76.
HD 137509 is a star in the southern constellation of Apus, positioned less than a degree from the northern constellation boundary with Triangulum Australe. It has the variable star designation of NN Apodis, or NN Aps for short, and ranges in brightness from an apparent visual magnitude of 6.86 down to 6.93 with a period of 4.4916 days. The star is located at a distance of approximately 647 light years from the Sun based on parallax, and is drifting further away with a radial velocity of +0.50 km/s.
36 Lyncis is a solitary variable star located around 570 light years away from the Sun in the northern constellation of Lynx. It has the variable star designation of EI Lyncis, while 36 Lyncis is the Flamsteed designation. This object is visible to the naked eye as a dim, blue-white hued star with an apparent visual magnitude of 5.30. It is moving further away from the Earth with a heliocentric radial velocity of 21 km/s.
Theta Hydri, Latinized from θ Hydri, is the Bayer designation for a blue-white hued star in the southern constellation of Hydrus. It is faintly visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of +5.53. Based upon an annual parallax shift of 6.50 mas as seen from Earth, is located approximately 502 light years from the Sun. At that distance, the visual magnitude of the star is diminished by an extinction of 0.10 due to interstellar dust. It is moving away from the Sun with a radial velocity of +12.3 km/s.
QV Andromedae is an Alpha2 Canum Venaticorum variable in the constellation Andromeda. Its maximum apparent visual magnitude is 6.6, so it can be seen by the naked eye under very favourable conditions. The brightness varies slightly following a periodic cycle of approximately 5.23 days.