Sigma Tauri

Starbox short
name=σ Tauri
epoch=J2000.0
constell=Taurus
ra=04^h 39^m 09.2^s
dec=+15° 47' 59"
spectral=A4m+A5Vn
appmag_v=5.08 + 4.67
dist_ly=155 ± 5
dist_pc=48 ± 1
names=91 Tauri + 92 Tauri,
HR 1478 + HR 1479,
HD 29479 + HD 29488,
BD+15 665 + BD+15 666,
HIP 21673 + HIP 21683,
SAO 94051 + SAO 94054,
GC 5662 + GC 5666,
BDS 2293, CCDM 04392+1552

Sigma Tauri (σ Tau / σ Tauri) is a star system in the constellation Taurus and a member of the Hyades star cluster. It is approximately 155 light years from Earth.

The system is a visual double star, whose components are designated σ¹ Tauri and σ² Tauri.. They are separated by 7.3 arcminutes on the sky. Both stars are white A-type main sequence dwarfs and have apparent magnitudes of +5.08 and +4.67, respectively.

References

*This article made use of the SIMBAD database, operated at CDS, Strasbourg, France