46 Tau
HIP 19719; 46 Tau
DoubleStar
Tau
Visible
Level 6
Professional/Research - Requires steady seeing
Physical Properties
Magnitude
5.29
Spectral Type
F2V+F5V
Star Color
Yellow-white
(B-V 0.36)
Distance
109 ly
Position & Identifiers
RA
04h 13m 33.1s
Dec
+07° 42' 58.0"
Constellation
Tau
HR
1309
HIP
19719
Flamsteed
46 Tau
Double Cat
3064
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Multiple Star System
Separation
0.1″
Companion Mag
6.7
Companion Sp
F5V
Position Angle
283°
Star Colors
A: Yellow-white
B: Yellow-white
Discoverer
A 1938
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Stellar Notes
6.0 F2V, 6.1 F3V, 7.18y, a = 0.135". Resolved by speckle interferometry 1983.93, sep. 0.09".
0.024".
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