Multiple star system in the constellation Taurus
7 Tauri is a multiple star in the northern constellation of Taurus . It has a combined apparent visual magnitude of 5.95,[ 10] so, according to the Bortle scale , it is faintly visible from suburban skies at night. Measurements made with the Gaia spacecraft show an annual parallax shift of 5.5 mas , which is equivalent to a distance of around 593 light years from the Sun.
7 Tauri is a binary star with two nearly equal components about 0.7″ apart, designated as A and B. The spectrum of each star matches a stellar classification of A7V.[ 4] 22″ away is a 10th-magnitude star, component C, which is itself a spectroscopic binary . In the past, these stars had been treated as a single system, but they are now known to have different proper motions and somewhat different distances.[ 4]
References
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Gaia DR3 record for this source at VizieR .
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Gaia DR3 record for this source at VizieR .
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Gaia DR3 record for this source at VizieR .
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