* Astronomy

Lambda Tauri is at minima at 16:20 UT, 21st March, 2012.

Google earth file: Lambda Tauri.kmz (2kb, kmz)

 

Lambda Tauri is a triple star system in the constellation Taurus. In the Calendarium of Al Achsasi Al Mouakket, this star was designated Sadr al Tauri, which was translated into Latin as Pectus Tauri, meaning "the bull chest". In 1848, the light from this system was found to vary periodically and it was determined to be an eclipsing binary system - the third such discovered. The components of this system have a combined apparent visual magnitude of +3.47, making it one of the brighter members of the constellation. Based upon parallax measurements from the Hipparcos mission, the distance to this system is approximately 480 light-years (150 parsecs).
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Lambda Tauri is at minima at 18:30 UT, 13th March, 2012.

Lambda Tauri is at minimum brightness at 21:00 UT, 5th March, 2012.

Lambda Tauri is at minimum brightness at 23:00 UT, 26th February, 2012