53 Tau
HIP 20171; 53 Tau
Star
Tau
Visible
Level 2
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Physical Properties
Magnitude
5.35
Spectral Type
B9IV
Star Color
Blue-white
(B-V -0.08)
Position & Identifiers
RA
04h 19m 26.1s
Dec
+21° 08' 32.0"
Constellation
Tau
HR
1339
HIP
20171
Flamsteed
53 Tau
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Stellar Notes
CPM with HR 1341.
4.452064d, K 9.6k/s, V0 +12.5k/s, asini 0.587. Shortest period for binary Mn star. Unresolved by speckle | interferometry.
Member of Pleiades group.
Manganese star showing enhanced gallium, strontium, yttrium, zirconium. Manganese 120 times normal.
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