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Beta Tauri
Sign in to saveAlso known as Gamma Aurigae, 112 Tauri, β Tau, β Tauri, 112 Tau, γ Aurigae, HR 1791, HD 35497
star in the constellation Taurus
Key facts
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Pronunciation
- / ɛ l ˈ n æ θ / or / ˈ ɛ l n æ θ /
- Right ascension
- 05 26 17.51312
- Declination
- +28 ° 36 ′ 26.8262 ″
- Spectral type
- B7III
- U b color index
- −0.49
- B v color index
- −0.13
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Encyclopedic overview
Beta Tauri is the second-brightest star in the constellation of Taurus. It has the official name Elnath; Beta Tauri is the current Bayer designation, which is Latinised from β Tauri and abbreviated Beta Tau or β Tau. The original designation of Gamma Aurigae is now rarely used. It is a chemically peculiar B7 giant star, 134 light years away from the Sun with an apparent magnitude of 1.65.
Nomenclature
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Beta Tauri” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.