DH Tauri

DH Tauri

DH Tauri and the b companion (lower left) with the Very Large Telescope
Credit: ESO VLT SPHERE; Van Holstein et al.; Processing: Meli_thev
Observation data
Epoch J2000.0      Equinox J2000.0
Constellation Taurus
Right ascension 04h 29m 41.558s[1]
Declination +26° 32′ 58.27″[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 13.1[2]
Characteristics
Spectral type M0-M1Ve(T)[3]
Variable type T Tau[3]
Astrometry
Proper motion (μ) RA: +7.065[4] mas/yr
Dec.: -20.699[4] mas/yr
Parallax (π)7.3880 ± .0593 mas[4]
Distance441 ± 4 ly
(135 ± 1 pc)
Details
Mass0.41[5] M
Radius1.26[5] R
Luminosity0.22[5] L
Temperature3,751[4] K
Age3.16[5] Myr
Other designations
DH Tau, WDS J04297+2633B, IRAS 04267+2626, 2MASS J04294155+2632582
Database references
SIMBADdata

DH Tauri, also known as DH Tau, is a type M star, located 140 parsecs (456.619 light years) away. It forms a binary system with DI Tauri 15 away, and has a substellar companion, either a brown dwarf or massive exoplanet.

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