Star in the constellation Taurus
139 Tauri is a single,[ 11] blue-white huedstar in thezodiac constellation ofTaurus . It is faintly visible to the naked eye with anapparent visual magnitude of 4.81.[ 2] The distance to this star, as determined from an annualparallax shift of 2.10± 0.19 mas ,[ 1] is roughly 1,600 light years . Because this star is located near theecliptic , it is subject to occultations by the Moon. One such event was observed April 28, 1990.[ 12]
This is a massiveB-type lower-luminositysupergiant orbright giant star with astellar classification of B1 Ib[ 3] [ 4] or B0.5 II,[ 5] respectively. It is around 22.5[ 3] million years old with a high rate of spin, showing aprojected rotational velocity of 140 km/s.[ 9] J. D. Rosendhal (1973) identified weakemission features associated with an asymmetricH-alpha absorption line , providing evidence of mass loss.[ 13] The star has about 10[ 3] times themass of the Sun and around 20[ 8] times theSun's radius . It is radiating over 80,000[ 8] times theSun's luminosity from itsphotosphere at aneffective temperature of around 24,660 K.[ 4] Stars such as this with 10 or more solar masses are expected to end their life by exploding as aType II supernova .[ 14]
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