BD+23 550

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BD+23 550 is a star in the constellation Taurus, better known as Taygeta, one of the prominent members of the Pleiades star cluster.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
BD+23 550 canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf main-sequence star
star
age about 100 million years
alsoKnownAs 19 Tauri
HD 23338
HIP 17531
HR 1149
Taygeta
apparentMagnitudeV about 4.3
associatedWith Pleiades reflection nebula
belongsTo Gould Belt region
linked to: Gould Belt

Taygeta multiple star system
catalog Bonner Durchmusterung
Bright Star Catalogue
Henry Draper Catalogue
Hipparcos Catalogue
colorIndexB−V about −0.09
componentOfMultipleSystem primary component
constellation Taurus
declination +24°
distanceFromEarth about 135 parsecs
about 440 light-years
effectiveTemperature about 13,000 K
equatorialCoordinateSystem ICRS
galacticPopulation thin disk
hasCulturalSignificance one of the Seven Sisters in Greek mythology
hasProperMotion true
isPartOf Milky Way
locatedIn Northern celestial hemisphere
luminosity about 600 times solar luminosity
mass about 4 solar masses
memberOf Pleiades star cluster
linked to: Pleiades

open star cluster
metallicity near-solar
namedAfter Taygete from Greek mythology
observedIn optical wavelengths
parallax about 7.4 milliarcseconds
properMotionMemberOf Pleiades moving group
radialVelocity about +5 km/s
radius about 4 solar radii
rightAscension about 03h 45m
rotationalVelocity high
spectralType B6IV
variableStar no well-established variability
visibleToNakedEye true

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Taygeta otherDesignation BD+23 550