A-type star · white star

98 Tau

284 lybrightness mag 5.79A0V

Also catalogued as HR 1590 · HD 31592 · HIP 23088

9,906 K

temperature

5.79

apparent magnitude

31.97× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

A0V

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

284 years

at light speed from Earth

1.72×

as hot as the Sun

31.97×

the Sun's light output

1.09

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

98 TauA-type

Sky regionTaurusthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 1752 →34 ly apart
HR 1528 →39 ly apart
HR 1517 →40 ly apart
59Chi Tau →41 ly apart
HR 1822 →41 ly apart
14 Aur →42 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 5.8To 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.