HU Tauri is a tight binary star system in the equatorial constellation of Taurus. It is an eclipsing binary, which means that the member stars periodically eclipse each other every 2.056 days. They have a combined apparent visual magnitude of 5.85, which is bright enough to be dimly visible to the naked eye. During the primary eclipse, the magnitude drops to 6.68, while the secondary eclipse decreases the magnitude to 5.91. The distance to this system, based on parallax measurements, is approximately 414 light years.