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 | Alnilam | ...
HR 1183 | Pleione | V0534 Tauri | Asterope | Taygeta | HD 23632 | HD 24570 | HD 23430 | Teide 1 | Electra
(unresolved spectroscopic system)
(not currently visible)
altitude | -26° 38' 37.6" (below horizon) azimuth | 7° 42' 37.9" (N) next rise | 3:10 pm EST | Wednesday, December 10, 2025 constellation | Taurus
16^h 19^m 22.44^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 431 light-years (132 parsecs) away, and is 3.92 degrees north of the ecliptic.
