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* 17 Tau

Be* SIMBAD Be* B6IIIe 417 papers

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Right ascension: 03h 44m 52.54s
Declination: +24° 06′ 48.0″
Galactic l, b: 166.18, -23.85
Magnitude V: 3.7
Parallax: 8.3457 mas
Redshift z: 2.292e-05
Radial velocity: 6.87 km/s
Proper motion: 20.54, -46.08 mas/yr

Also known as

60 identifiers

* 17 Tau2MASS J03445253+2406478AAVSO 0338+23BAG+23 302ALS 15826[B10] 852BD+23 507CEL 316Cl* Melotte 22 HII 468Cl* Melotte 22 K 7Cl* Melotte 22 MSH 79Cl* Melotte 22 MSK 37Cl* Melotte 22 TRU 148Cl* Melotte 22 WCZ 52EM* MWC 72EPIC 200007769FK5 136Gaia DR2 65271996684277504Gaia DR3 65271996684817280GC 4477GCRV 2079GEN# +5.20220468GSC 01799-01441HD 23302HGAM 257HIC 17499HIP 17499HR 1142IRAS 03418+2357[JE82] 122JP11 4599Cl Melotte 22 468Cl Melotte 22 4681N30 764PLX 793PLX 793.00PMC 90-93 97PMSC 03390+2348AabcPPM 92806RAVE J034452.5+240648ROT 3741SAO 76131SBC7 136SBC9 188SKY# 5687SRS 30136TD1 2471TIC 385509348TYC 1799-1441-1UBV 3562UBV M 40997uvby98 520220468VDB 20WDS J03449+2407AWEB 3317Electra[HFE83] 249[KSP2003] G166.1800-23.8485[KSP2003] J034452.49+240649.0[SCG94] O 59

In the same field

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Object	Type	Separation	V
Cl Melotte 22 517	Star	143.9″	—
2MASS J03444913+2409479	AGB* Candidate	185.8″	—
Cl Melotte 22 455	Eruptive*	216.8″	—
Cl Melotte 22 534	Star	226.7″	—
V* V634 Tau	Eruptive*	247.8″	15.51
3B 940427	gammaBurst	266.7″	—
Cl* Melotte 22 SHF 5	Star	272.3″	—
Cl Melotte 22 570	Star	276.6″	—
2MASS J03443523+2403458	AGB* Candidate	298.7″	—
V* V519 Tau	Eruptive*	324.2″	16.24
Cl* Melotte 22 DH 359	Star	341.4″	—

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Machine-readable: /api/v1/object/17-tau · Registry entry updated 2026-08-14.