K-type star · orange

96 Tau

1,087 lybrightness mag 6.09K3III

Also catalogued as HR 1537 · HD 30605 · HIP 22441

3,718 K

temperature

6.09

apparent magnitude

354× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

K3III

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

1,087 years

at light speed from Earth

0.64×

as hot as the Sun

354×

the Sun's light output

-1.52

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

96 TauK-type

Sky regionTaurusthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 1600 →74 ly apart
105 Tau →140 ly apart
3Pi 4Ori →200 ly apart
HR 1860 →230 ly apart
Meissa →240 ly apart
37Phi1Ori →240 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?

BINOCULARS NEEDED

Brightness mag 6.1To see it 50 mm binocularsLook 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.