distance from Earth | 380.4 ly apparent magnitude | +3.62 (visible to the naked eye in dark skies) absolute magnitude | -1.72 (visual) spectral class | B8III (giant) effective temperature | 12000 K mass | 1×10^31 kg 5.2 M_☉ main sequence lifetime | 160 million yr end state | carbon-oxygen white dwarf

right ascension | 3^h 49^m 9.7426^s declination | 24° 3' 12.3"

M45 | Hyades | Aldebaran | Elnath | Mirfak | Capella Ab | Capella | Bellatrix | Menkalinan | Betelgeuse | Venus | ...

HR 1183 | Pleione | V0534 Tauri | Asterope | Taygeta | HD 23632 | HD 24570 | HD 23430 | Teide 1 | Electra

(unresolved spectroscopic system)

altitude | 11° 16' 42.82" () azimuth | 291° 54' 41" (WNW) next set | 12:07 am EDT | Friday, March 27, 2026 constellation | Taurus

10^h 8^m 39.67^s

Atlas, designation 27 Tauri, is a triple star system in the constellation of Taurus. It is a member of the Pleiades, an open star cluster (M45). It is 444 light-years (136 parsecs) away, and is 3.92 degrees north of the ecliptic.