HD 23338

E482458

HD 23338, also known as Taygeta, is a bright blue-white star in the Pleiades open star cluster in the constellation Taurus.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf B-type star
Pleiades cluster member
main-sequence star
star
age about 100 million years
alsoKnownAs 19 Tauri NERFINISHED
HIP 17531 NERFINISHED
HR 1140 NERFINISHED
Taygeta NERFINISHED
apparentMagnitudeV 4.30
BayerDesignation 19 Tauri NERFINISHED
belongsToAsterism Pleiades Seven Sisters NERFINISHED
catalog Bright Star Catalogue NERFINISHED
Henry Draper Catalogue NERFINISHED
Hipparcos Catalogue NERFINISHED
clusterDesignation Melotte 22 member
color blue-white
constellation Taurus NERFINISHED
declination +24° 28′
distanceFromEarth approximately 400 light-years
effectiveTemperature about 13500 K
equatorialCoordinateSystem J2000
galacticPopulation thin disk star
hasCompanion visual companion star
hasGreekMythologyAssociation Pleiades nymph Taygete NERFINISHED
hasMagneticField chemically peculiar magnetic field (SX Ari type)
hasProperMotion yes
hasSpectralLines strong helium lines
isNakedEyeVisible true
locatedIn Milky Way galaxy NERFINISHED
Orion Arm NERFINISHED
luminosity about 600 times solar luminosity
mass about 4 solar masses
memberOf Pleiades open cluster NERFINISHED
metallicity near-solar
observedIn optical wavelengths
ultraviolet wavelengths
parallax 8.06 mas
properMotionDec -45 mas/yr (approximate)
properMotionRA +20 mas/yr (approximate)
radialVelocity about +5 km/s
radius about 4 solar radii
rightAscension 03h 45m 12s
rotationalVelocity about 140 km/s
spectralType B6IV
variableType SX Arietis variable

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Taygeta otherDesignation HD 23338