5 Tauri is a binary star[6] in the zodiac constellation of Taurus, located approximately 530 light years from the Sun. It is visible to the naked eye as a faint orange-hued star with an apparent visual magnitude of +4.14. It is moving further from the Earth with a heliocentric radial velocity of +14 km/s.[2]
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5 Tauri
Observation data
Epoch J2000 Equinox J2000 |
| Constellation |
Taurus |
| Right ascension |
03h 30m 52.38296s[1] |
| Declination |
+12° 56′ 12.0489″[1] |
| Apparent magnitude (V) |
+4.14[2] |
| Characteristics |
| Spectral type |
K0-III[3] |
| U−B color index |
+0.95[4] |
| B−V color index |
+1.09[4] |
| Astrometry |
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| Radial velocity (Rv) | 14.2±0.3[2] km/s |
| Proper motion (μ) | RA: 13.537[1] mas/yr
Dec.: -2.037[1] mas/yr |
| Parallax (π) | 6.1081±0.3907 mas[1] |
| Distance | 530 ± 30 ly
(160 ± 10 pc) |
| Absolute magnitude (MV) | −0.96[2] |
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| Orbit[5] |
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| Primary | 5 Tauri A |
| Companion | 5 Tauri B |
| Period (P) | 960 days |
| Semi-major axis (a) | 4.25 mas[6] |
| Eccentricity (e) | 0.397±0.016 |
| Inclination (i) | 36.95[6]° |
| Longitude of the node (Ω) | 207.61[6]° |
| Periastron epoch (T) | 2,414,889.565±5.82 |
Argument of periastron (ω)
(secondary) | 326.32±2.99° |
Semi-amplitude (K1)
(primary) | 8.25±0.15 km/s |
| Details |
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| 5 Tauri A |
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| Mass | 4.0±0.7[7] M☉ |
| Radius | 8.5[8] R☉ |
| Luminosity | 329.38[2] L☉ |
| Surface gravity (log g) | 1.97[9] cgs |
| Temperature | 4,644[9] K |
| Metallicity [Fe/H] | 0.05[9] dex |
| Rotational velocity (v sin i) | 10[10] km/s |
| 5 Tauri B |
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| Mass | 1.13±0.13 M☉ |
| Other designations |
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| f Tau, 5 Tau, BD+12°486, FK5 125, GC 4184, HD 21754, HIP 16369, HR 1066, SAO 93469, TYC 656-1725-1[11] |
| Database references |
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| SIMBAD | data |
Close
This is a spectroscopic binary with a period of 960 days and an eccentricity of about 0.4.[5] The primary component is a K-type giant with a stellar classification of K0-III.[3] It has four times the mass of the Sun[7] and is radiating 329 times the Sun's luminosity from its photosphere[2] at an effective temperature of 4,644 K.[9]