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WD 0343+247 is a white dwarf in the ecliptic constellation of Taurus. It was discovered in 1997 when examination of photographs taken for a survey of brown dwarfs in the Pleiades revealed a faint star with high proper motion .
Aldebaran (Arabic: الدَّبَران, lit. 'The Follower') (Proto-Semitic *dVbr-“bee”) is a star located in the zodiac constellation of Taurus.It has the Bayer designation α Tauri, which is Latinized to Alpha Tauri and abbreviated Alpha Tau or α Tau.
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There are four stars above magnitude 3 in Taurus. The brightest member of this constellation is Aldebaran, an orange-hued, spectral class K5 III giant star. [10] Its name derives from الدبران al-dabarān, Arabic for "the follower", probably from the fact that it follows the Pleiades during the nightly motion of the celestial sphere ...
The θ Tauri pair, showing contrasting blue and yellow colors, in the Hyades cluster.In this image, θ 1 Tauri is above in yellow, and θ 2 Tauri is below in light blue.. θ Tauri (Latinised to Theta Tauri) is the double star's Bayer designation; [citation needed] θ 1 Tauri and θ 2 Tauri those of its two constituents.
Alcyone / æ l ˈ s aɪ ə n iː /, [11] designated η Tauri (Eta Tauri, abbreviated Eta Tau, η Tau), is a star in the constellation of Taurus. Approximately 440 light-years from the Sun , it is the brightest star in the Pleiades open cluster , which is a young cluster, around 100 million years old.
This object is an F-type main sequence star with a stellar classification of F1 V, [3] which indicates it is undergoing core hydrogen fusion. It is about 1.4 billion years old and is spinning with a projected rotational velocity of 45 km/s. [7] The star has 1.6 times the mass [5] and radius of the Sun. [1]