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Epsilon Tauri
Epsilon Tauri
(abbreviated ε Tauri or ε Tau) is an
orange giant
star
located approximately 45
parsecs
(147
light-years
) from the
Sun
in the
constellation
of
Taurus
. It has the traditional name
Ain
(
Arabic
عين for "eye") and was given the name
Oculus Boreus
(
Latin
for "Northern eye") by
John Flamsteed
. An
extrasolar planet
(designated
Epsilon Tauri b
, later named
Amateru
) is believed to be orbiting the star.
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