Mu Tauri

μ Tauri
Location of μ Tauri (circled)
Observation data
Epoch J2000      Equinox J2000
Constellation Taurus
Right ascension 04h 15m 32.05667s[1]
Declination 8° 53′ 32.4825″[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 4.27[2]
Characteristics
Spectral type B3IV[3]
U−B color index -0.51[4]
B−V color index -0.05[4]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)+16.30[5] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: +19.46[1] mas/yr
Dec.: -22.11[1] mas/yr
Parallax (π)7.16 ± 0.34[1] mas
Distance460 ± 20 ly
(140 ± 7 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)-1.45[2]
Details
Mass6.7[6] M☉
Luminosity462[2] L☉
Surface gravity (log g)3.75[7] cgs
Temperature16,980[7] K
Metallicity [Fe/H]-0.16[2] dex
Rotational velocity (v sin i)89[3] km/s
Other designations
49 Tauri, BD+08°657, FK5 1118, GC 5134, GSC 00667-00839, HIP 19860, HR 1320, HD 26912, SAO 111696
Database references
SIMBADdata

Mu Tauri (μ Tau) is a class B3IV[3] (blue subgiant) star in the constellation Taurus. Its apparent magnitude is 4.27[2] and it is approximately 460 light years away from Earth based on parallax.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Van Leeuwen, F. (2007). "Validation of the new Hipparcos reduction". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 474 (2): 653. arXiv:0708.1752. Bibcode:2007A&A...474..653V. doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20078357. Vizier catalog entry
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Anderson, E.; Francis, Ch. (2012). "XHIP: An extended hipparcos compilation". Astronomy Letters. 38 (5): 331. arXiv:1108.4971. Bibcode:2012AstL...38..331A. doi:10.1134/S1063773712050015. Vizier catalog entry
  3. 1 2 3 Hoffleit, D.; Warren, W. H. (1995). "VizieR Online Data Catalog: Bright Star Catalogue, 5th Revised Ed. (Hoffleit+, 1991)". VizieR On-line Data Catalog: V/50. Originally published in: 1964BS....C......0H. 5050. Bibcode:1995yCat.5050....0H.
  4. 1 2 Mallama, A. (2014). "Sloan Magnitudes for the Brightest Stars". The Journal of the American Association of Variable Star Observers. 42: 443. Bibcode:2014JAVSO..42..443M. Vizier catalog entry
  5. ↑ Gontcharov, G. A. (2006). "Pulkovo Compilation of Radial Velocities for 35 495 Hipparcos stars in a common system". Astronomy Letters. 32 (11): 759. arXiv:1606.08053. Bibcode:2006AstL...32..759G. doi:10.1134/S1063773706110065.
  6. ↑ Tetzlaff, N.; Neuhäuser, R.; Hohle, M. M. (2011). "A catalogue of young runaway Hipparcos stars within 3 kpc from the Sun". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 410: 190. arXiv:1007.4883. Bibcode:2011MNRAS.410..190T. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2010.17434.x. Vizier catalog entry
  7. 1 2 Soubiran, Caroline; Le Campion, Jean-François; Brouillet, Nathalie; Chemin, Laurent (2016). "The PASTEL catalogue: 2016 version". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 591: A118. arXiv:1605.07384. Bibcode:2016A&A...591A.118S. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201628497.
  • "HD 26912 – Star". SIMBAD Astronomical Database. Retrieved 2007-04-10.
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