Chi

Hot blue star

Its story

χ Tauri is a hot blue star in the field of the Bull, not far from the Hyades but unrelated to the cluster and much younger and more massive than its perspective neighbours. Its cold, electric light travels for nearly three centuries before reaching us. It shines in one of the regions of sky most densely charged with mythology, where the Pleiades and Aldebaran also stand.

Constellation: Taurus
Apparent magnitude: 5.38
Distance: 291.2 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 65.646° · Dec 25.629°
Catalogue: HIP 20430 · HD 27638

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