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Beta Tauri
Sign in to saveAlso known as Gamma Aurigae, 112 Tauri, β Tau, β Tauri, 112 Tau, γ Aurigae, HR 1791, HD 35497
star in the constellation Taurus
Key facts
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Pronunciation
- / ɛ l ˈ n æ θ / or / ˈ ɛ l n æ θ /
- Right ascension
- 05 26 17.51312
- Declination
- +28 ° 36 ′ 26.8262 ″
- Spectral type
- B7III
- U b color index
- −0.49
- B v color index
- −0.13
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Wikidata facts
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- spectral class
- B8
- catalog code
- ALS 15829
- stellar rotational velocity
- 58
- apparent magnitude
- 2.03
- effective temperature
- 13410
- surface gravity
- 6300
- right ascension
- 81.572971332
- declination
- 28.607451725
- parallax
- 24.36
- radial velocity
- 9.2
- epoch
- J2000.0
- metallicity
- -0.10
- luminosity
- 700
- absolute magnitude
- -1.34
- right ascension component of proper motion
- 30
- declination component of proper motion
- -175
- age estimated by a dating method
- 100
- Commons category
- Elnath
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Encyclopedic overview
Beta Tauri is the second-brightest star in the constellation of Taurus. It has the official name Elnath; Beta Tauri is the current Bayer designation, which is Latinised from β Tauri and abbreviated Beta Tau or β Tau. The original designation of Gamma Aurigae is now rarely used. It is a chemically peculiar B7 giant star, 134 light years away from the Sun with an apparent magnitude of 1.65.
Nomenclature
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Beta Tauri” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.