Asterope (star)

Asterope (star)

The name Asterope or Sterope is shared by two stars, 21 Tauri and 22 Tauri, in the constellation Taurus. They are separated by 0.04° on the sky and are both members of the Pleiades open cluster and approximately 440 light years from Earth.


21 Tauri

Starbox short
name=21 Tauri
epoch=J2000.0
constell=Taurus
ra=03h 45m 54.4s
dec=+24° 33' 17"
spectral=B8V
appmag_v=+5.76
dist_ly=440
dist_pc=135
names=Asterope, Sterope I,
HR 1151, HD 23432,
BD+24 553, HIP 17579,
SAO 76159, GC 4502

21 Tauri is a blue-white B-type main sequence dwarf with an apparent magnitude of +5.76.


22 Tauri

Starbox short
name=22 Tauri
epoch=J2000.0
constell=Taurus
ra=03h 46m 02.9s
dec=+24° 31' 41"
spectral=A0Vn
appmag_v=+6.43
dist_ly=440
dist_pc=135
names=Sterope II, HR 1152,
HD 23441, BD+24 556,
HIP 17588, SAO 76164,
GC 4506

22 Tauri is a white A-type main sequence dwarf with an apparent magnitude of +6.43.


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