Celaeno
HIP 17489; 16 Tau
HIP 17489; 16 Tau
Star
Tau
Visible
Level 2
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Physical Properties
Magnitude
5.46
Spectral Type
B7IV
Star Color
Blue-white
(B-V -0.04)
Distance
272 ly
Position & Identifiers
RA
03h 44m 48.2s
Dec
+24° 17' 22.0"
Constellation
Tau
HR
1140
HIP
17489
Flamsteed
16 Tau
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Multiple Star System
Separation
88.4″
Companion Mag
13.2
Position Angle
264°
Star Colors
A: Blue-white
Discoverer
HL 6
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Stellar Notes
Suspected occultation binary, sep. 0.0062". Unresolved by speckle interferometry 1981.69.
Pleiades cluster; Mel 22 #447.
Celaeno; Celieno; Celeno; "Lost Pleiad".
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