Alcyone

Also known as Eta Tauri, 25 Tauri, HD 23630, BDS 1875 A, 25 Tau, η Tau, η Tauri, CEL 344

star system in the constellation Taurus

Key facts

Constellation: Taurus
Right ascension: 03 47 29.077
Declination: +24 ° 06 ′ 18.49 ″
Evolutionary stage: subgiant
Spectral type: B7IIIe
U b color index: −0.34
B v color index: −0.09

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Wikidata facts

Distance from Earth: 370
Image: Plei scheme.jpg

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Commons category: Alcyone (star)
catalog code: Gaia DR3 66714384142368256
spectral class: B5p
luminosity: 2400
stellar rotational velocity: 229
apparent magnitude: 2.94
parallax: 8.87
right ascension: 56.87115230375
declination: 24.10513565194
effective temperature: 13490
radial velocity: 15.0
absolute magnitude: -2.39
right ascension component of proper motion: 22
declination component of proper motion: -43
surface gravity: 10000
name: アルキオネ

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Alcyone /ælˈsaɪəniː/, is a blue-white giant star and the brightest star in the Pleiades open cluster. At apparent magnitude 2.87, it is also the third-brightest star in the Taurus constellation. The star has the Bayer designation Eta Tauri, Latinized from η Tauri and abbreviated Eta Tau or η Tau. It is about 440 light-years distant.

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