T Tauri stars (TTS) are a class of variable stars that are less than about ten million years old. This class is named after the prototype, T Tauri, a young...
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T Tauri is a trinary variable star in the constellation Taurus, the prototype of the T Tauri stars. It was discovered in October 1852 by John Russell Hind...
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HL Tauri (abbreviated HL Tau) is a young T Tauri star in the constellation Taurus, approximately 450 light-years (140 pc) from Earth in the Taurus Molecular...
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Orion variable (redirect from YY Orionis star)
magnitudes. T Tauri stars are Orion variables exhibiting characteristic fluorescent violet emission lines from singly ionized iron (Fe II) in their star spectra...
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Glossary of astronomy (redirect from Weak-lined T Tauri star)
Q R S T U V W X Y Z See also References External links A-type star In the Harvard spectral classification system, a class of main-sequence star having...
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of dense gas and dust surrounding a young newly formed star, a T Tauri star, or Herbig Ae/Be star. The protoplanetary disk may not be considered an accretion...
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with abrupt mass transfer from an accretion disc onto a young, low mass T Tauri star. Mass accretion rates for these objects are estimated to be around 10−4...
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accretion disk that feeds the central star. Initially very hot, the disk later cools in what is known as the T Tauri star stage; here, formation of small dust...
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PDS 70 (category T Tauri stars)
PDS 70 (V1032 Centauri) is a very young T Tauri star in the constellation Centaurus. Located 370 light-years (110 parsecs) from Earth, it has a mass of...
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Beta Tauri is the second-brightest star in the constellation of Taurus. It has the official name Elnath; Beta Tauri is the current Bayer designation, which...
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Aldebaran (redirect from Alpha Tauri)
Follower') is a star located in the zodiac constellation of Taurus. It has the Bayer designation α Tauri, which is Latinized to Alpha Tauri and abbreviated...
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DH Tauri, also known as DH Tau, is a type M star, located 140 parsecs (456.619 light years) away. It forms a binary system with DI Tauri 15″ away, and...
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observed PMS object can either be a T Tauri star, if it has fewer than 2 solar masses (M☉), or else a Herbig Ae/Be star, if it has 2 to 8 M☉. Yet more massive...
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V830 Tauri is a T Tauri star located 425.2 light-years (130.4 pc) away from the Sun in the constellation Taurus. This star is very young, with an age...
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dwarfs and multiple T Tauri stars. The young population includes HK Orionis, a Herbig Ae/Be star and HI Orionis, a T Tauri star. The stellar population...
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V1298 Tauri is a young (23±4 Myr) weakly-lined T Tauri star that is part of the Taurus-Auriga association in the Taurus Molecular Cloud. Alternatively...
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V1331 Cygni (category T Tauri stars)
Variable Stars classifies V1331 Cygni as an "INST" type variable, meaning a T Tauri star which shows rapid light variations. Its visual band brightness varies...
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Alcyone /ælˈsaɪəniː/, designated η Tauri (Eta Tauri, abbreviated Eta Tau, η Tau), is a star in the constellation of Taurus. Approximately 440 light-years...
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Zeta Tauri (ζ Tauri, abbreviated Zeta Tau, ζ Tau) is a binary star in the zodiac constellation of Taurus, the Bull. It has an apparent visual magnitude...
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CT Chamaeleontis (category T Tauri stars)
CT Chamaeleontis (CT Cha) is a T Tauri star - a primary of the star system in the constellation of Chamaeleon. It has an apparent visual magnitude which...
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Tauri (θ Tauri, abbreviated Theta Tau, θ Tau) is a wide double star in the constellation of Taurus and a member of the Hyades open cluster. θ Tauri is...
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TW Hydrae (category T Tauri stars)
TW Hydrae is a T Tauri star approximately 196 light-years away in the constellation of Hydra (the Sea Serpent). TW Hydrae is about 80% of the mass of the...
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CI Tauri is a young star, about 2 million years old, located approximately 523 light-years (160 parsecs) away in the constellation Taurus. It is still...
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LkCa 15 (redirect from V1079 Tauri)
LkCa 15 is a T Tauri star in the Taurus Molecular Cloud. These types of stars are relatively young pre-main-sequence stars that show irregular variations...
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than F0 (in order to exclude T Tauri stars), Balmer emission lines in the stellar spectrum (in order to be similar to T Tauri stars), Projected location...
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third star, component C, has been observed at a separation of 0.09″, but subsequent observations failed to find it. The T Tauri star HL Tauri, 23″ away...
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T Tauri stars evolve into weakly lined T Tauri stars. This happens after about 1 million years. The mass of the disk around a classical T Tauri star is...
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T Chamaeleontis (T Cha), also known as HIP 58285, is a T Tauri star located in the southern circumpolar constellation Chamaeleon. It has an apparent magnitude...
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Hayashi track (category Star formation)
becomes a T Tauri star, it is extremely luminous. The star continues to contract, but much more slowly. While slowly contracting, the star follows the...
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