Disambiguation evidence for 23 Tauri (star traditionally named Merope) via surface form

"23 Tauri"


As subject (48)

Triples where this entity appears as subject under the label "23 Tauri".

Predicate Object
age_Myr about 100
apparentMagnitudeV 4.14
associatedNebula Merope Nebula
bayerDesignation 23 Tauri
belongsToAsterism Pleiades
bestViewingSeason northern winter
color blue-white
constellation Taurus
declination +23° 56′ 54″
distanceFromEarth_ly about 440 light-years
distanceFromEarth_pc about 135 parsecs
dominantFusionProcess hydrogen fusion in core
effectiveTemperature_K about 14000
epoch J2000
evolutionaryStage subgiant leaving main sequence
flamsteedDesignation 23 Tauri
galacticPopulation thin disk
hasCatalogDesignation HD 23480
hasCatalogDesignation HIP 17608
hasCatalogDesignation HR 1156
hasCatalogDesignation SAO 76199
hasProperMotion yes
hasSurroundingReflectionNebula yes
hemisphereVisibility northern hemisphere
instanceOf B-type star
instanceOf Pleiades star
instanceOf star
instanceOf subgiant star
locatedIn Milky Way
locatedIn Orion Arm
luminosity_solar about 630
mass_solar about 4.5
memberOf Pleiades
surface form: Pleiades open cluster
metallicity_Fe_H near solar
observedIn infrared band
observedIn optical band
observedIn ultraviolet band
parallax_mas about 7.4
properMotionDec_mas_yr -45 (approx)
properMotionRA_mas_yr +20 (approx)
radialVelocity_km_s about +7
radius_solar about 4.0
rightAscension 03h 46m 19s
rotationalVelocity_km_s about 220
spectralType B6IV
traditionalName Merope
variable no
visibleToNakedEye yes