A-type star · white star

31 Tau

778 lybrightness mag 5.66B5V

Also catalogued as HR 1199 · HD 24263 · HIP 18089

9,585 K

temperature

5.66

apparent magnitude

270× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

B5V

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

778 years

at light speed from Earth

1.66×

as hot as the Sun

270×

the Sun's light output

-1.23

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

31 TauA-type

Sky regionTaurusthis direction

Nearest stars

HD 28086 →130 ly apart
HR 958 →130 ly apart
HR 1349 →130 ly apart
HR 1312 →140 ly apart
Hoggar →140 ly apart
40 Tau →140 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 5.7To 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.