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Proper NameNone
Bayer DesignationNone
Flamsteed Number37 Tauri
HR (BSC)1256
HD25604
ConstellationTaurus
Right Ascension4h 4m 42s
Declination+22° 4' 55"
Distance185 light years
57 parsecs
MagnitudeApparent: +4.34
Absolute: +0.57
Spectral ClassK0III orange giant
Optimum VisibilityDecember

Westward and a little northward from 37 Tauri are a pair of overlapping spiral galaxies, UGC 2942 and UGC 2943, known together as the Crossed Swords Galaxies. Beyond them is the distorted barred spiral IC 357, with an unusual fragmentary third spiral arm. On the other side of 37 Tauri to the east, the bright pale star is 39 Tauri, a Sun-like star considerably closer to the Solar System than the giant 37 Tauri. Imagery provided by Aladin sky atlas

Though it is a faint star with a magnitude of just +4.34, 37 Tauri is relatively easy to locate in the sky: it lies roughly halfway between the prominent Hyades and Pleiades clusters. It is an orange giant with a faint companion star.

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