29 Tau

HIP 17563; 29 Tau DoubleStar Tau Visible Level 3 Medium telescope (6-8") - Requires steady seeing

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Physical Properties

Magnitude 5.35

Spectral Type B3V

Star Color Blue-white (B-V -0.12)

Position & Identifiers

RA 03h 45m 40.4s

Dec +06° 02' 60.0"

Constellation Tau

HR 1153

HIP 17563

Flamsteed 29 Tau

Double Cat 2750

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Multiple Star System

Separation 65.5″

Companion Mag 12.6

Position Angle 64°

Star Colors A: Blue-white

Discoverer HJ 2204

Eyepiece View

Telescope Eyepiece

80x Dawes: 1.9″ TFOV: 0.6°

Seeing

Scale Realistic = true angular size

Sep: 65.5″ · PA: 64° · N up, E left

Resolved · Rayleigh: 2.3″ · Dawes: 1.9″ · Eff: 3.1″

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Spectral Classification

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Stellar Notes

Double Star

B possibly optical.

Spectroscopic Binary

ADS 2750A; B3, A7, 2.4079d, K 23k/s, V0 +17k/s, asini 0.762.

Group/Cluster

Member of the local association (Pleiades group); Cas-Tau OB1.

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