- Stars with a name
- Asterope
Asterope
21 Tauri
Asterope is a very hot blue star, in the constellation Taurus. The light you see from it tonight left it around 1654.
Where to find it
From mid-northern latitudes, such as New York, Rome or Tokyo, it is best seen in the evening sky in January, February, October, November, and December.
Visible to the naked eye only under a dark sky, away from town. Apparent magnitude 5.76.
What it’s like
It gives off 56 times as much light as the Sun.
Its surface is at about 10,600 degrees.
It is 371.9 light years away: 3518 trillion kilometres.