Star TU Tauri

Binary star TU Tauri is located 3845 light years away from the Sun. It consists of a and a blue giant. For now, there are no known exoplanets in this star system.

TU Tauri A

Spectral class: C5II

Location

Right ascension: 5h 45m 13.731s

Declination: 24° 25' 12.376'' (northern hemisphere)

Parallax: 0.848

Sun distance: 3845.497 ly | 1179 pc

Basic characteristic

Photometry

Absolute stellar magnitude in different parts of the electromagnetic spectrum from infrared (K band) to ultraviolet (U band).

K
2.1

H
1.6

J
1.2

Grp
0.8

I
0.8

G
0.6

V
0.5

Gbp
0.5

B
0.4

U
0.3

TU Tauri B

Blue Giant

Spectral class: A2 III-IV

Basic characteristic

Mass: 300 % M Sun

TU Tauri system structure


	TU Tauri A
	TU Tauri B

More about TU Tauri

       TU Tauri can be found in northern celestial hemisphere, you cannot see it with naked eye, but you can observe this star with basic telescope. The star is easily observable from Northern America, Europe and Asia.

Other designations of this star
HD 38218, HIP 27135, Gaia DR3 3428532105884757632

External sources

TU Tau B: The Peculiar Eclipse of a possible proto-Barium Giant

Scientific study, Accepted: 21. 08. 2023

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