K-type star · orange

109 Tau

247 lybrightness mag 4.96G8III

Also catalogued as HR 1739 · HD 34559 · HIP 24822

4,899 K

temperature

4.96

apparent magnitude

51.95× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

G8III

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

247 years

at light speed from Earth

0.85×

as hot as the Sun

51.95×

the Sun's light output

0.56

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

109 TauK-type

Sky regionTaurusthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 1832 →32 ly apart
HR 1517 →40 ly apart
HR 1566 →45 ly apart
98 Tau →45 ly apart
16 Aur →49 ly apart
134 Tau →51 ly apart

Bright stars in Taurus

Elnath →mag 1.6
Alcyone →mag 2.9
Tianguan →mag 3.0
Chamukuy →mag 3.4
35Lam Tau →mag 3.4
Ain →mag 3.5
1Omi Tau →mag 3.6
Atlas →mag 3.6

Can you see it tonight?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 5.0To see it no equipment neededLook toward Taurus

Star data from the HYG database v4.2 (Astronexus, CC BY-SA 4.0). Temperature and colour computed by gravityfinder from the B-V colour index; the illustration is generated from that temperature, not a photograph.