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139 Tauri
Observation data; Epoch J2000 Equinox J2000
Constellation	Taurus
Right ascension	05h 57m 59.65632s
Declination	+25° 57′ 14.0799″
Apparent magnitude (V)	4.81
Characteristics
Spectral type	B1 Ib or B0.5 II
B−V color index	−0.088±0.003
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)	+8.0±4.2 km/s
Proper motion (μ)	RA: −2.06 mas/yr ; Dec.: −1.95 mas/yr
Parallax (π)	2.10 ± 0.19 mas
Distance	1,600 ± 100 ly ; (480 ± 40 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)	−4.4
Details
Mass	10.1±1.0 M☉
Radius	20.7 R☉
Luminosity	81,000 L☉
Surface gravity (log g)	3.559±0.059 cgs
Temperature	24,660±1,620 K
Rotational velocity (v sin i)	140 km/s
Age	22.5±2.6 Myr
Other designations
	139 Tau, BD+25° 1052, HD 40111, HIP 28237, HR 2084, SAO 77775
Database references
SIMBAD	data

139 Tauri is a single,^[11] blue-white hued star in the zodiac constellation of Taurus. It is faintly visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of 4.81.^[2] The distance to this star, as determined from an annual parallax shift of 2.10±0.19 mas,^[1] is roughly 1,600 light years. Because this star is located near the ecliptic, it is subject to occultations by the Moon. One such event was observed April 28, 1990.^[12]

This is a massive B-type lower-luminosity supergiant or bright giant star with a stellar classification of B1 Ib^[3]^[4] or B0.5 II,^[5] respectively. It is around 22.5^[3] million years old with a high rate of spin, showing a projected rotational velocity of 140 km/s.^[9] J. D. Rosendhal (1973) identified weak emission features associated with an asymmetric H-alpha absorption line, providing evidence of mass loss.^[13] The star has about 10^[3] times the mass of the Sun and around 20^[8] times the Sun's radius. It is radiating over 80,000^[8] times the Sun's luminosity from its photosphere at an effective temperature of around 24,660 K.^[4] Stars such as this with 10 or more solar masses are expected to end their life by exploding as a Type II supernova.^[14]

References

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^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Tetzlaff, N.; et al. (January 2011), "A catalogue of young runaway Hipparcos stars within 3 kpc from the Sun", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 410 (1): 190–200, arXiv:1007.4883, Bibcode:2011MNRAS.410..190T, doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2010.17434.x, S2CID 118629873.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Zorec, J.; et al. (2009), "Fundamental parameters of B supergiants from the BCD system. I. Calibration of the (λ₁, D) parameters into T_eff", Astronomy and Astrophysics, 501 (1): 297–320, arXiv:0903.5134, Bibcode:2009A&A...501..297Z, doi:10.1051/0004-6361/200811147, S2CID 14969137
^ ^a ^b ^c Huang, W.; Gies, D. R. (August 2008), "Stellar Rotation in Field and Cluster B Stars", The Astrophysical Journal, 683 (2): 1045–1051, arXiv:0805.2133, Bibcode:2008ApJ...683.1045H, doi:10.1086/590106, S2CID 18926523.
^ De Bruijne, J. H. J.; Eilers, A.-C. (2012), "Radial velocities for the HIPPARCOS-Gaia Hundred-Thousand-Proper-Motion project", Astronomy & Astrophysics, 546: A61, arXiv:1208.3048, Bibcode:2012A&A...546A..61D, doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201219219, S2CID 59451347.
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^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Lamers, H. J. G. L. M (1981). "Mass loss from O and B stars". The Astrophysical Journal. 245: 593. Bibcode:1981ApJ...245..593L. doi:10.1086/158835.
^ ^a ^b Simón-Díaz, S.; Herrero, A. (2014), "The IACOB project. I. Rotational velocities in northern Galactic O- and early B-type stars revisited. The impact of other sources of line-broadening", Astronomy & Astrophysics, 562: A135, arXiv:1311.3360, Bibcode:2014A&A...562A.135S, doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201322758, S2CID 119278062.
^ "139 Tau". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2018-03-30.
^ Eggleton, P. P.; Tokovinin, A. A. (September 2008), "A catalogue of multiplicity among bright stellar systems", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 389 (2): 869–879, arXiv:0806.2878, Bibcode:2008MNRAS.389..869E, doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2008.13596.x, S2CID 14878976.
^ Meyer, C.; et al. (1995), "Observations of lunar occultations at Observatoire de la Cote d'Azur", Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement, 110: 107, Bibcode:1995A&AS..110..107M.
^ Rosendhal, J. D. (December 1973), "A survey of H-alpha emission in early-type high-luminosity stars", Astrophysical Journal, 186: 909, Bibcode:1973ApJ...186..909R, doi:10.1086/152555.
^ Reed, B. Cameron (June 28, 2005), "New Estimates of the Solar-Neighborhood Massive-Stars Birthrate and the Galactic Supernova Rate", The Astronomical Journal, 130 (4): 1652–1657, arXiv:astro-ph/0506708, Bibcode:2005AJ....130.1652R, doi:10.1086/444474, S2CID 119515135.