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Cool red star

Its story

117 Tauri is an M-type red giant, a cold and dilated star whose surroundings take on a reddish tone visible through the telescope. It inhabits the edges of Taurus, that zodiacal constellation where the Pleiades and Hyades shine. Its light takes more than six centuries to cross the space between us, departing from the era before the discovery of America.

Constellation: Taurus
Apparent magnitude: 5.77
Distance: 613.2 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 82.007° · Dec 17.239°
Catalogue: HIP 25583 · HD 35802

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