Celaeno (star)
Star in the Taurus constellation / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Celaeno /səˈliːnoʊ/,[10] designated 16 Tauri, is a star in the constellation of Taurus and a member of the Pleiades open star cluster (M45) of stars.
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Constellation | Taurus |
Right ascension | 03h 44m 48.2154s[1] |
Declination | +24° 17′ 22.093″[1] |
Apparent magnitude (V) | +5.448 |
Characteristics | |
Spectral type | B7IV[2] |
U−B color index | –0.33[3] |
B−V color index | –0.046[3] |
Astrometry | |
Radial velocity (Rv) | +2.9[4] km/s |
Proper motion (μ) | RA: 20.73[1] mas/yr Dec.: –44.00[1] mas/yr |
Parallax (π) | 7.53 ± 1.23 mas[5] |
Distance | approx. 430 ly (approx. 130 pc) |
Absolute magnitude (MV) | −0.76[6] |
Details | |
Mass | 4.0[6] M☉ |
Radius | 4.4[7] R☉ |
Luminosity | 344[6] L☉ |
Surface gravity (log g) | 3.9[6] cgs |
Temperature | 12,800[6] K |
Rotational velocity (v sin i) | 185[8] km/s |
Other designations | |
Database references | |
SIMBAD | data |
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