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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 .
Roman numerals: for example the word "six" in the clue might be used to indicate the letters VI; The name of a chemical element may be used to signify its symbol; e.g., W for tungsten; The days of the week; e.g., TH for Thursday; Country codes; e.g., "Switzerland" can indicate the letters CH; ICAO spelling alphabet: where Mike signifies M and ...
This is the list of notable stars in the constellation Taurus, sorted by decreasing ... 3: 21120: 15900: 03 h 24 m ... • HD = Henry Draper Catalogue designation number
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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.
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.
In addition to the three-letter abbreviations used today, the IAU also introduced four-letter abbreviations in 1932. The four-letter abbreviations were repealed in 1955 and are now obsolete, but were included in the NASA Dictionary of Technical Terms for Aerospace Use (NASA SP-7) published in 1965. [ 4 ]
Taurus, a former band name of the Danish pop group TV-2; Taurus (group), a girl band "Taurus Here", a 2005 song by Taurus "Taurus" (instrumental), a 1968 rock instrumental by Spirit; Taurus I, Five Miles Out (Taurus II) and Taurus III, a trilogy of musical pieces by Mike Oldfield in the 1980s