Iota Tauri [SEP] constellation
Iota Tauri
Iota Tauri, Latinized from ι Tauri, is a white-hued star in the zodiac constellation Taurus and an outlying member of the Hyades star cluster. It is visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of 4.62, and is located at an estimated distance of about 173 light years based upon parallax measurements. The star is moving away from the Sun with a radial velocity of +38 km/s.
This has been reported as a double star with two components at separation 0.1"
between 27.9° and 56.2° in the equatorial coordinate system.
History and mythology In non-Western astronomy.
The stars of Auriga were incorporated into several Chinese constellations. "Wuche", the five chariots of the celestial emperors and the representation of the grain harvest, was a constellation formed by Alpha Aurigae, Beta Aurigae, Beta Tauri, Theta Aurigae, and Iota Aurigae. "Sanzhu" or "Zhu" was one of three constellations which represented poles for horses to be tethered. They were formed by the triplets