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36 Tau

HIP 19009; 36 Tau DoubleStar Tau Visible Level 3 Medium telescope (6-8") - Requires steady seeing
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Physical Properties

Magnitude 5.47
Spectral Type G0III+A4V
Star Color Orange (B-V 0.86)
Distance 233.0 ly

Position & Identifiers

RA 04h 04m 21.7s
Dec +24° 06' 21.0"
Constellation Tau
HR 1252
HIP 19009
Flamsteed 36 Tau
Double Cat 2965

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Multiple Star System

Components 3
Component IDs O
Separation 25.7″
Companion Mag 12.2
Companion Sp B8IV
Position Angle 258°
Star Colors A: Orange B: Blue-white
Discoverer BU 544

Eyepiece View

80x Dawes: 1.9″ TFOV: 0.6°
Realistic = true angular size
N E 258° A (5.5) B (12.2)

Sep: 25.7″ · PA: 258° · N up, E left

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

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Stellar Notes

A is occultation binary, sep. 0.033", unresolved by speckle interferometry 1981.68. Spectrum binary; vsini of | early-type component 160k/s. AB, mag. diff 6.5v, sep. 25.5".
Also classified G1III + B9V.

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