Elnath

Elnath is the second-brightest star of Taurus. Look for it while tracing Taurus on a dark night. The IAU proper name sits beside older Bayer and catalog labels on modern atlases.

Wikipedia

Gaia has no usable parallax for this star (common for bright multiples). Distance uses the Hipparcos parallax instead.

ID
HIP 25428
Distance
41.05 pc · 133.9 ly
Parallax
24.36 mas (Hipparcos)
Magnitude (G)
1.62
Color (BP-RP)
-
Radius
unknown
RA · Dec
81.57° · 28.61°