119 Tauri

119 Tauri (also known as CE Tauri) is a red supergiant star in the constellation Taurus. It is a semiregular variable and its angular diameter has been measured at about 10 mas.

119 Tauri

The sky position of 119 Tauri
Observation data
Epoch J2000.0      Equinox J2000.0
Constellation Taurus
Right ascension 05h 32m 12.75251s
Declination +18° 35 39.2436
Apparent magnitude (V) 4.23 - 4.54
Characteristics
Evolutionary stage asymptotic giant branch
Spectral type M2Iab-Ib
U−B color index +2.23
B−V color index +2.08
Variable type SRc
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)+23.75 km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: 1.86 mas/yr
Dec.: −4.48 mas/yr
Parallax (π)1.82 ± 0.26 mas
Distanceapprox. 1,800 ly
(approx. 550 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)−5.20
Details
Mass14.37+2.00
−2.77
 M
Radius587 - 593 R
Luminosity66,000 L
Surface gravity (log g)+0.05+0.11
−0.17
 cgs
Temperature3,801 - 3,820 K
Metallicity0.0
Age13.9+1.0
−2.5
 Myr
Other designations
CE Tauri, HR 1845, HD 36389, BD+18°875, HIP 25945, SAO 94628, GC 6841, AAVSO 0526+18, Ruby Star
Database references
SIMBADdata
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