A-type star · white star

103 Tau

1,496 lybrightness mag 5.50B2V...

Also catalogued as HR 1659 · HD 32990 · HIP 23900

9,766 K

temperature

5.50

apparent magnitude

1,157× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

B2V...

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

1,496 years

at light speed from Earth

1.69×

as hot as the Sun

1,157×

the Sun's light output

-2.81

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

103 TauA-type

Sky regionTaurusthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 1804 →200 ly apart
120 Tau →230 ly apart
HD 29260 →270 ly apart
139 Tau →310 ly apart
HR 1669 →360 ly apart
119 Tau →370 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 5.5To 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.