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53 Tau

HIP 20171; 53 Tau Star Tau Visible Level 2 Small telescope (4")
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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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