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
Taurus
(Tau)
HR
1140
HIP
17489
Flamsteed
16 Tau
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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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