hip-20219

Variable star

Its story

57 Tauri lies 149 light-years away, within the field of the Hyades, the open cluster closest to the Solar System. It is a yellow-white F-type star, mildly variable and hotter than the Sun. Anyone pointing at Taurus on a winter night finds in this region a dense swarm of sibling stars, born some 600 million years ago from the same cloud.

Constellation: Taurus
Apparent magnitude: 5.58
Distance: 149.1 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 64.990° · Dec 14.035°
Catalogue: HIP 20219 · HD 27397

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