Tau Sculptoris
Binary star system in Sculptor with a 1,503-year orbit.
Tau Sculptoris is a binary star system in the southern constellation Sculptor, faintly visible to the naked eye. Its binary nature was discovered by John Herschel in 1835. The primary is an F-type main-sequence star, and the system has an estimated orbital period of about 1,503 years.
Quick Facts
- Constellation
- Sculptor
- Combined apparent magnitude
- +5.69
- Distance from earth
- 230 light years
- Binary discovered by
- John Herschel
- Orbital period
- ~1,503 years
- Primary spectral type
- F2 V
- Primary apparent magnitude
- +6.06
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