SZ Tauri
A classical Cepheid variable in Taurus, pulsating every 3.149 days.
SZ Tauri is a variable star in the equatorial constellation of Taurus, near the lower limit of naked-eye visibility. It is a classical Cepheid variable of type DCEPS, pulsating in the first overtone and undergoing its second crossing of the Cepheid instability strip. The star is about 75 million years old, with six times the mass of the Sun and 42 times the Sun's radius. Its brightness varies from magnitude 6.39 to 6.69 every 3.149 days, and its spectral type changes from F7 at minimum to A9 at peak luminosity.
Quick Facts
- Apparent visual magnitude range
- 6.39 to 6.69
- Period
- 3.149 days
- Distance
- approximately 2,070 light years
- Age
- about 75 million years
- Mass
- six times the Sun's mass
- Radius
- 42 times the Sun's radius
- Spectral type at minimum
- F7
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