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RE: Lambda Tauri

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lambda Tauri is at minimum brightness at 15:00 UT, 30th January, 2012.

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lambda Tauri is at minimum brightness at ~16:00 UT, 27th January, 2012.

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lambda Tauri is at minimum brightness at ~17:00 UT, 22nd January, 2012.

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Lambda Tauri is a triple star system in the constellation Taurus. The primary component, Lambda Tauri A, is a blue-white B-type main sequence dwarf with a mean apparent magnitude of +3.41. It has a luminosity of about 4,000 times that of the Sun and a radius of 6.6 times solar. The companion is a white A-type subgiant of 5.5 solar radii and 95 solar luminosities. They orbit around a common centre of gravity once every 3.95 days. The spatial separation between these two stars is measured at 0.1 astronomical unit.
Because the system is an eclipsing binary its brightness varies from magnitude +3.37 to +3.91 as first one star and then the other pass in front of its companion. The system has a third, dimmer star with an orbital period of 33 days. The Lambda Tauri system is approximately 370 light years from Earth.
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The eclipsing binary Lambda Tauri is at minima at 19:30 UT, 14th January, 2012.

Lambda Tauri is a triple star system in the constellation Taurus.
Because the system is an eclipsing binary its brightness varies from magnitude +3.37 to +3.91 as first one star and then the other pass in front of its companion. The system has a third, dimmer star with an orbital period of 33 days. The Lambda Tauri system is approximately 370 light years from Earth.
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