Butterfly Star
IRAS 04302+2247
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Star
- Magnitude (non-V band)
- 11.718 mag
- Magnitude band
- K
- Right ascension
- 68.3188°
- Declination
- 22.889°
- Designation
- IRAS 04302+2247
- IAU name adopted
- 2026-06-13
- Name language
- English
- Name origin (IAU)
- The YSO was nicknamed "Butterfly" in 1997 because of the shape of its infrared image in Lucas and Roche (1997), who announced it as "a butterfly in Taurus".
Source:IAU Working Group on Star Names · checked 2026-11-02 ↗
Related
Constellation
In everyday life
- Declination 22.9° — it rises above the horizon in Seoul (37.6° N), so it is visible from Korea in the right season.
- Its IAU name «Butterfly Star» comes from English (IAU Working Group on Star Names).
Worked out from this object's official values.