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DH Tauri

Red dwarf in Taurus

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Proper Name	None
Bayer Designation	None
Flamsteed Number	None
HR (BSC)	None
HD	None
Variable Designation	DH Tauri
Constellation	Taurus
Right Ascension	4h 29m 42s
Declination	+26° 32' 58"
Distance	435 light years 133 parsecs
Magnitude	Apparent: +13.10 Absolute: +7.47
Spectral Class	M1Ve red dwarf
Planets in this system	DH Tauri b, brown dwarf or high-mass gas giant
Optimum Visibility	December

DH Tauri is one of a pair of red dwarf stars in the depths of the Taurus Dark Cloud, more than four hundred light years from the Sun. Its companion is DI Tauri, seen here to the immediate southeast (lower left) of DH Tauri, and in reality a little more than ten light years beyond that star. Also visible here is the galaxy PGC 15282, which appears as a hazy shape in the southwestern (bottom right) corner of the image. Imagery provided by Aladin sky atlas

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