Multiple star system in the constellation Taurus
7 Tauri is amultiple star in the northernconstellation ofTaurus . It has a combinedapparent visual magnitude of 5.95,[ 10] so, according to theBortle scale , it is faintly visible from suburban skies at night. Measurements made with theGaia spacecraft show an annualparallax shift of 5.5 mas , which is equivalent to a distance of around 593 light years from the Sun.
7 Tauri is a binary star with two nearly equal components about 0.7″ apart, designated as A and B. The spectrum of each star matches astellar classification of A7V.[ 4] 22″ away is a 10th-magnitude star, component C, which is itself aspectroscopic binary . In the past, these stars had been treated as a single system, but they are now known to have differentproper motions and somewhat different distances.[ 4]
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