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−Bcolor index +0.06[ 5] B−Vcolor index +0.03[ 5] Astrometry Radial velocity (Rv )± 0.9[ 6] km/s 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 [Fe/H] ± 0.08[ 9] dex Rotational velocity (v sin i )83[ 3] Age 206[ 8] Myr Other designations ν Ser ,38 Tauri ,BD +05°581FK5 151GC 4862HD 25490HIP 18907HR 1251SAO 111579WDS J04032+0559AGSC 00079-01585[ 10] Database references SIMBAD data
ν Tauri ,Latinized asNu Tauri , is a single[ 11] star in thezodiac constellation ofTaurus . It is a white-hued star and is visible to the naked eye with anapparent visual magnitude of +3.91.[ 2] light years from the Sun based onparallax ,[ 1] radial velocity of −6 km/s.[ 6] [ 12]
This object is anA-type main-sequence star with astellar 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 theluminosity of the Sun from itsphotosphere at aneffective temperature of 7,836 K.[ 7]
Nu Tauri has a magnitude 9.21visual companion at anangular separation ″ [ 13]
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