Star in the constellation Taurus
Nu Tauri
Location of ν Tauri (circled)
Observation dataEpoch J2000 Equinox J2000
Constellation
Taurus
Right ascension 04h 03m 09.37966s [ 1]
Declination
+05° 59′ 21.4792″[ 1]
Apparent magnitude (V)3.91[ 2]
Characteristics
Evolutionary stage
main sequence[ 3]
Spectral type
A0.5Va[ 4]
U−B color index
+0.06[ 5]
B−V color index
+0.03[ 5]
Astrometry Radial velocity (Rv )± 0.9[ 6] Proper motion (μ) RA: +4.72[ 1] mas /yr Dec.: −3.78[ 1] mas /yr Parallax (π)27.89 ± 0.19 mas [ 1] Distance 116.9 ± 0.8 ly pc ) Absolute magnitude (MV )1.14[ 2] Details Mass ± 0.01[ 3] M ☉ Radius +0.16 [ 7] R ☉ Luminosity ± 0.4[ 7] L ☉ Surface gravity (log g )4.02[ 8] cgs Temperature +464 [ 7] K Metallicity ± 0.08[ 9] dex Rotational velocity (v sin i )83[ 3] Age 206[ 8] Myr Other designations ν Ser ,
38 Tauri ,
BD +05°581,
FK5 151,
GC 4862,
HD 25490,
HIP 18907,
HR 1251,
SAO 111579,
WDS J04032+0559A,
GSC 00079-01585[ 10] Database references SIMBAD data
ν Tauri , Latinized as Nu Tauri , is a single[ 11] star in the zodiac constellation of Taurus . It is a white-hued star and is visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of +3.91.[ 2] light years from the Sun based on parallax ,[ 1] radial velocity of −6 km/s.[ 6] [ 12]
This object is an A-type main-sequence star with a stellar classification of A0.5Va.[ 4] [ 8] projected rotational velocity of 83 km/s.[ 3] [ 3] mass of the Sun and 2.87[ 7] Sun's radius . It is radiating 28 times the luminosity of the Sun from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 7,836 K.[ 7]
Nu Tauri has a magnitude 9.21 visual companion at an angular separation ″ [ 13]
References
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