Omicron Tauri
ο Tauri, Latinized as Omicron Tauri, is a binary star system in the constellation Taurus, near the constellation border with Cetus. It has a yellow hue and is visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of 3.61. It is approximately 191 light years from the Sun based on parallax, but is drifting closer with a radial velocity of −20 km/s. As the westernmost bright point of light in Taurus, this system has the Flamsteed designation 1 Tauri; Omicron Tauri is the Bayer designation.
| Observation data Epoch J2000.0 Equinox J2000.0 | |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Taurus |
| Right ascension | 03h 24m 48.79146s |
| Declination | +09° 01′ 43.9941″ |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 3.61 |
| Characteristics | |
| Spectral type | G6 III |
| B−V color index | +0.887±0.019 |
| Astrometry | |
| Radial velocity (Rv) | −19.79±0.06 km/s |
| Proper motion (μ) | RA: –59.776 mas/yr Dec.: –78.579 mas/yr |
| Parallax (π) | 17.1066 ± 0.3775 mas |
| Distance | 191 ± 4 ly (58 ± 1 pc) |
| Absolute magnitude (MV) | −0.45 |
| Orbit | |
| Period (P) | 1654.9 d |
| Eccentricity (e) | 0.26 |
| Periastron epoch (T) | 2429974.34 JD |
| Argument of periastron (ω) (secondary) | 155.6° |
| Semi-amplitude (K1) (primary) | 4.4 km/s |
| Details | |
| ο Tauri A | |
| Mass | 3.01 M☉ |
| Radius | 18.10+1.45 −6.63 R☉ |
| Luminosity | 149.4±3.7 L☉ |
| Surface gravity (log g) | 2.52 cgs |
| Temperature | 5,180 K |
| Metallicity [Fe/H] | –0.12 dex |
| Rotational velocity (v sin i) | 25 ± 2 km/s |
| Age | 380 Myr |
| Other designations | |
| Database references | |
| SIMBAD | data |
This is a single-lined spectroscopic binary system with the two components orbiting each other over a period of 4.53 years with an eccentricity of 0.263. The visible component is an aging G-type giant with a stellar classification of G6 III. This star has three times the mass of the Sun and eighteen times the Sun's radius. Based on the latter, interferometry-measured radius, it is rotating once every 533 days. It is radiating 149 times the luminosity of the Sun from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 5,180 K.