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104 Tau

HIP 23835; 104 Tau DoubleStar Tau Visible Level 6 Professional/Research - Requires steady seeing
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Physical Properties

Magnitude 5.00
Spectral Type G4V
Star Color Yellow (B-V 0.65)
Distance 53.5 ly

Position & Identifiers

RA 05h 07m 27.0s
Dec +18° 38' 42.0"
Constellation Tau
HR 1656
HIP 23835
Flamsteed 104 Tau
Double Cat 3701

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Multiple Star System

Separation 0.1″
Companion Mag 5.8
Position Angle 119°
Star Colors A: Yellow
Discoverer A 3010

Eyepiece View

80x Dawes: 1.9″ TFOV: 0.6°
Realistic = true angular size
N E 119° A (5.0) B (5.8)

Sep: 0.1″ · PA: 119° · N up, E left

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

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Stellar Notes

5.6 G4V, 5.6 G4V, 1.19y, a = 0.18"; or 2.38y, a = 0.10"; or 5.8y, a = 0.11". Combined mag., colors. Sep. 0.099". | Unresolved by speckle interferometry 1983.93.
Hyades?
Uncertain, 0.023" to 0.138".

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