Meropa (Merope) - a star in the Pleiades cluster , is one of two groups of stars in the constellation Taurus , visible to the naked eye.
| Merope | |||
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| Distance | 391.4 St. years (120 pc ) | ||
| Visible magnitude ( V ) | 4.16 | ||
| Constellation | Taurus | ||
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| Own movement (ΞΌ) | RA: Dec: | ||
| Parallax (Ο) | |||
| Absolute magnitude (V) | -1.04 | ||
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| Variability | Ξ² Cepheus | ||
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Physical Characteristics
A star is approximately 440 light-years distant from Earth . Merope is a white-blue subgiant of spectral class B with a visible magnitude of +4.14. The brightness of the star is 630 times greater than that of the Sun , and the surface temperature is 14,000 Β° Kelvin (13,730 Β° Celsius ). The mass of Meropa is about 4.5 solar, the radius is more than 4 times. Merope is classified as a variable star Ξ² Cepheus , its brightness changes by 0.01 m . Meropa is located in the Meropa Nebula (NGC 1435) .
Name Origin
Meropa - in Greek mythology, one of the galaxies . Daughter of Atlanta and the Pleions . The only pleiad that married a mortal was the Corinthian king Sisyphus , who gave birth to his son Glaucus .
See also
- The Pleiades in Mythology
Notes
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