A-type star · white star

81 Tau

147 lybrightness mag 5.47Am

Also catalogued as HR 1428 · HD 28546 · HIP 21039

7,740 K

temperature

5.47

apparent magnitude

11.40× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

147 years

at light speed from Earth

1.34×

as hot as the Sun

11.40×

the Sun's light output

2.21

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

81 TauA-type

Sky regionTaurusthis direction

Nearest stars

85 Tau →1.2 ly apart
80 Tau →3.0 ly apart
Chamukuy →4.1 ly apart
83 Tau →5.1 ly apart
91Sig1Tau →5.3 ly apart
HR 1427 →5.8 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.