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hip-20186
Variable starIts story
56 Tauri sits within the Bull, some 326 light-years out, in a region dominated by the Pleiades and the Hyades. It is a white A-type variable star, its brightness shifting subtly to the rhythm of inner pulsations. The light reaching you tonight set out in the early 18th century —almost the moment Flamsteed himself was delivering his definitive catalogue to the world.
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.34
- Distance
- 326.2 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 64.903° · Dec 21.773°
- Catalogue
- HIP 20186 · HD 27309
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