Merope - 23 Tauri

Above the horizon. Rise: 5:10 | Tran: 12:39 | Set: 20:08

Alt: 17.15° Az: 72.77° Direction: East-North-East

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.

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

Right Ascension 03h 47m 50s

Declination +24° 01’ 32”

Hour Angle 18h 09m 01s

Sidereal Time 21h 56m 51s

J2000

Right Ascension 03h 46m 19s

Declination +23° 56’ 53”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 166.57°

Galactic Latitude -23.75°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 4.18

Class Sub-giant

Absolute magnitude -1.03

Spectral Type B6IV

Color Index (B-V) -0.06

Temperature 10941K

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

Distance (parsec) 110.13

Distance (light year) 359.03

Radial Speed 6 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.021 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.045"/y

Alternative Designations

Proper Name Merope

Flamsteed designation 23 Tauri

Henry Draper Catalogue HD23480

SAO Catalogue SAO76172

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP17608

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+23 522

General Catalogue of Variable Stars V971 Tau

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 66.0° RISE 5:10

Max altitude: 72.9° TRANSIT 12:39

Azimuth: 294.0° SET 20:08

Name:	Ohrid, Macedonia
Latitude:	41° 7' 1.9" N
Longitude:	20° 48' 6.8" E
Timezone:	Europe/Skopje

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Other stars in Taurus

Merope - 23 Tauri

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Merope - 23 Tauri

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J2000

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