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name: T Tauri
constellation: Tau
created_by: 8mag
created_date: 2022-01-21 17:00:00
updated_by: skybber
updated_date: 2022-04-02 09:57:24.371752
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observed 1.8 degrees west of ε Tauri, the star at the northern tip of the "V" Hyades, is a faint variable star of irregular period, with a mysterious emission/reflection nebula called the Hind Variable Nebula (NGC 1554 - 55). The brightness of the star varies unpredictably from 8.4mag to 13.5mag. T Tauri is a very young star, NGC 1555 is probably a remnant of the cloud from which it was born. T Tauri and NGC 1555 lie within the relatively close, 450-500 ly distant Taurus dark cloud complex, which contains other, much fainter similar stars.