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Proper Name	None
Bayer Designation	None
Flamsteed Number	136 Tauri
HR (BSC)	2034
HD	39357
Constellation	Taurus
Right Ascension	5h 53m 20s
Declination	+27° 36' 44"
Distance	399 light years 122 parsecs
Magnitude	Apparent: +4.55 Absolute: -0.89
Spectral Class	A0V+A0V white main sequence star
Optimum Visibility	December / January

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To the northeast of the constellation, Taurus comes together with two other constellations, Auriga and Gemini. Near this point, in the deep Milky Way, is faint 136 Tauri, a white star about 399 light years from the Solar System, in the direction of the Galaxy's edge.

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