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Name
  BF Tau  
AAVSO UID
000-BFM-234 (180 observations)  
Constellation
Taurus Sequence
J2000.0
05 59 47.18 +26 45 31.4  (89.94658 +26.75872) Search nearby
B1950.0 05 56 39.78 +26 45 23.8
Proper motion
RA: -3.6 +/- 2.6 mas/yDec: -3.3 +/- 2.0 mas/ySource: UCAC4
Galactic coord. 183.468 +1.588
Other names

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2MASS J05594718+2645312 AN 130.1931 ASAS J055947+2645.5
ASASSN-V J055947.19+264530.3 GSC 01871-01494 IRAS 05566+2645
NSVS J0559474+264532    
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Variability type
SRB
Spectral type M5-M6
Mag. range
12.5 - 13.6 V
Discoverer --
Epoch
04 Nov 2003 (HJD 2452948.0) Ephemeris
Outburst --
Period 194.9 d
Rise/eclipse dur. --
Remarks
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1 Otero, Sebastian Alberto Other periods 128.5
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References
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1 P.R. Wozniak, S.J. Williams, W.T. Vestrand, V. Gupta, AJ 128, 2965, 2004 2004AJ....128.2965W
2 G.Pojmanski, Acta Astronomica 52, 397, 2002. 2002AcA....52..397P
3 MVS N246, 1957. --
4 A.Jensch, KVBB N19, 1938. 1940KVeBB...5....3H
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Catalog Data
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2MASS J = 6.17H = 5.14K = 4.72J - K = 1.45
AllWISE W1 = 4.64W2 = 4.36W3 = 4.00W4 = 3.19W1 - W2 = 0.28W3 - W4 = 0.81
APASS-DR9 B = 15.12V = 13.06g' = 14.04r' = 12.07i' = 9.46B - V = 2.07
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3 Otero, Sebastian Alberto 2011-12-05 21:22 UTC Primary record creation. Type, period, epoch and range from ASAS-3 data.
2 Admin, VSX 2010-01-05 04:43 UTC Position updated from the GCVS version of November 2009.
1 Admin, VSX 2005-12-18 01:33 UTC Initial upload.