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Merope - 23 Tauri

Below the horizon.  Rise: 4:36 | Tran: 12:50 | Set: 21:03
Alt: -11.40°   Az: 336.96°   Direction: North-North-West

Merope, also designated as 23 Tauri , is a variable sub-giant star of spectral class B6 in the constellation of Taurus.

Merope visual magnitude is 4.18. Because of its moderate brightness, Merope is easily visible to the naked eye from locations with dark skies, while it might be barely visible, or not visible at all, from light-polluted skies.

Image of Merope - 23 Tauri star
DSS2 image of Merope. The red arrow shows the motion of Merope during the next 10000 years (3.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and -7.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

03h 47m 50s
+24° 01’ 32”
10h 20m 37s
14h 08m 28s

J2000

03h 46m 19s
+23° 56’ 53”

Galactic Coordinates

166.57°
-23.75°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for Merope - 23 Tauri.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.18
Sub-giant

-1.03
B6IV
10941K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where Merope is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of Merope. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

Merope is distant 359.03 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 6 kilometers per second.

110.13
359.03
6 km/s
0.021 arcsec/y
-0.045"/y

Alternative Designations

Merope
SAO76172
SAO76172

Visibility from Your Location

Today's Merope - 23 Tauri rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 66.0°
Max altitude: 62.5°
Azimuth: 294.0°