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Proper Name	Chamukuy
Bayer Designation	Theta² Tauri
Flamsteed Number	78 Tauri
HR (BSC)	1412
HD	28319
Constellation	Taurus
Right Ascension	4h 28m 40s
Declination	+15° 52' 15"
Distance	157 light years 48 parsecs
Magnitude	Apparent: +3.4 Absolute: +0.1
Spectral Class	A7III White Giant
Optimum Visibility	December
Notes	The brightest star in the Hyades cluster, Chamukuy, or Theta² Tauri, forms an optical double with yellow Theta¹ Tauri, separated by just six arcminutes in the sky, but actually by a distance of some four light years. Chamukuy has a much fainter binary companion, and is a pulsating variable of the Delta Scuti type.

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