Its story
117 Tau has a visual magnitude of about 5.06: under a reasonably dark sky it is typically reachable with the unaided eye.
Equatorial coordinates for 117 Tau: right ascension 5h 28m 2s, declination +17° 14′ 20″ (J2000), in the region of the Orion constellation (IAU figure Ori).
117 Tau. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 25583, HD 35802, Gaia DR3 3397249453883264896. In the SkyKeepsake Orion (Ori) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
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Compose this starFactsHIP 25583
- Right ascension
- 5h 28m 02s
- Declination
- +17° 14′ 20″
- Magnitude
- 5.06
- Distance
- ≈ 635 ly
Data: gaia-dr3