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72 Tau

HIP 20789; 72 Tau DoubleStar Tau Visible Level 6 Professional/Research - Requires steady seeing
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Physical Properties

Magnitude 5.53
Spectral Type B7V
Star Color Blue-white (B-V -0.10)

Position & Identifiers

RA 04h 27m 17.5s
Dec +22° 59' 47.0"
Constellation Tau
HR 1399
HIP 20789
Flamsteed 72 Tau

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Multiple Star System

Separation 0.1″
Companion Mag 6.2
Position Angle -1°
Star Colors A: Blue-white
Discoverer OCC 309

Eyepiece View

80x Dawes: 1.9″ TFOV: 0.6°
Realistic = true angular size
N E A (5.5) B (6.2)

Sep: 0.1″ · PA: -1° · N up, E left

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

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Stellar Notes

On nomenclature see HR 1392.

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