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HIP 17499; 17 Tau
HIP 17499; 17 Tau
Star
Tau
Visible
Level 1
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Physical Properties
Magnitude
3.70
Spectral Type
B6III
Star Color
Blue-white
(B-V -0.11)
Distance
405 ly
Position & Identifiers
RA
03h 44m 52.5s
Dec
+24° 06' 48.0"
Constellation
Tau
HR
1142
HIP
17499
Flamsteed
17 Tau
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Multiple Star System B,C,D,E: optical
Separation
99.1″
Companion Mag
13.0
Position Angle
144°
Star Colors
A: Blue-white
B: Yellow-white
Discoverer
HL 7
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Stellar Notes
Sep. 0.062". Occultation of 1972 Mar. 19 indicated mag. diff 3.4, sep. 0.010".
4.0, 6.0, sep. 0.002", 100.46d, K 26.0k/s, V0 -0.3k/s, asini 30.7. Unresolved by speckle interferometry.
Pleiades cluster; Mel 22 #468; in reflection nebula; Pleiades nebula. Member assoc. Tau R1 at 110 pc.
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