Pi Tauri

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Pi Tauri
Observation data
Epoch J2000.0      Equinox J2000.0 (ICRS)
Constellation Taurus
Right ascension Template:RA[1]
Declination Template:DEC[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) +4.69[2]
Characteristics
Spectral type G7 IIIa Fe-1[3]
U−B Template:Engvar +0.72[2]
B−V Template:Engvar +0.98[2]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)Template:Val[4] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: −9.52[1] mas/yr
Dec.: −31.44[1] mas/yr
Parallax (π)7.83±0.22 mas[1]
DistanceTemplate:Rnd ± Template:Rnd ly
(Template:Rnd ± Template:Rnd pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)−1.27[5]
Details
Mass3.94[5] Template:Solar mass
Radius21[6] Template:Solar radius
Luminosity229[7] Template:Solar luminosity
Surface gravity (log g)2.54[5] cgs
Temperature5,086[7] K
Metallicity [Fe/H]−0.08[5] dex
Age17[5] Myr
Metallicity [Fe/H]{{{metal_fe2}}} dex
Other designations
Template:Odlist[8]
Database references
SIMBADdata

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Pi Tauri (π Tauri) is a solitary,[9] yellow-hued star in the zodiac constellation of Taurus. With an apparent visual magnitude of +4.69,[2] it is bright enough to be visible to the naked eye. Although it appears to lie among the stars of the Hyades cluster, it is not itself a member, being three times farther from Earth than the cluster. The distance to this star, as determined using an annual parallax shift of 7.83 mas as seen from the Earth,[1] is around 420 light years. At that range, the visual magnitude of the star is diminished by an extinction factor of 0.24 due to interstellar dust.[5]

This is an evolved G-type giant star with a stellar classification of G7 IIIa Fe-1,[3] where the suffix notation indicates an underabundance of iron in the spectrum. The measured angular diameter is Template:Val.[10] At the estimated distance of Pi Tauri, this yields a physical size of about 21 times the radius of the Sun.[6] It possesses nearly four[5] times the mass of the Sun and is radiating 229 times the Sun's luminosity at an effective temperature of 5,086 K.[7]

References

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