BD+23 550

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BD+23 550 is a star in the constellation Taurus, better known as Taygeta, one of the prominent members of the Pleiades star cluster.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
BD+23 550 canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf main-sequence star ⓘ
star ⓘ
age about 100 million years ⓘ
alsoKnownAs 19 Tauri ⓘ
HD 23338 ⓘ
HIP 17531 ⓘ
HR 1149 ⓘ
Taygeta ⓘ
apparentMagnitudeV about 4.3 ⓘ
associatedWith Pleiades reflection nebula ⓘ
belongsTo Gould Belt region ⓘ
linked to: Gould Belt

Taygeta multiple star system ⓘ
catalog Bonner Durchmusterung ⓘ
Bright Star Catalogue ⓘ
Henry Draper Catalogue ⓘ
Hipparcos Catalogue ⓘ
colorIndexB−V about −0.09 ⓘ
componentOfMultipleSystem primary component ⓘ
constellation Taurus ⓘ
declination +24° ⓘ
distanceFromEarth about 135 parsecs ⓘ
about 440 light-years ⓘ
effectiveTemperature about 13,000 K ⓘ
equatorialCoordinateSystem ICRS ⓘ
galacticPopulation thin disk ⓘ
hasCulturalSignificance one of the Seven Sisters in Greek mythology ⓘ
hasProperMotion true ⓘ
isPartOf Milky Way ⓘ
locatedIn Northern celestial hemisphere ⓘ
luminosity about 600 times solar luminosity ⓘ
mass about 4 solar masses ⓘ
memberOf Pleiades star cluster ⓘ
linked to: Pleiades

open star cluster ⓘ
metallicity near-solar ⓘ
namedAfter Taygete from Greek mythology ⓘ
observedIn optical wavelengths ⓘ
parallax about 7.4 milliarcseconds ⓘ
properMotionMemberOf Pleiades moving group ⓘ
radialVelocity about +5 km/s ⓘ
radius about 4 solar radii ⓘ
rightAscension about 03h 45m ⓘ
rotationalVelocity high ⓘ
spectralType B6IV ⓘ
variableStar no well-established variability ⓘ
visibleToNakedEye true ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (1)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Taygeta → otherDesignation → BD+23 550 ⓘ