Y Tauri should not be confused with Upsilon Tauri.
Y Tauri is a carbon star located in the constellation Taurus. Parallax measurements by Gaia put it at a distance of approximately 2,170 light-years (670 parsecs).
Y Tauri is a semiregular variable star. Its class is SRb, and its primary pulsation cycle lasts 241.5 days. No long secondary period has been identified. It has a radius of, an effective surface temperature of, and a bolometric luminosity of . Its mass is calculated to be .
Y Tauri is losing mass at /yr, and is surrounded by dust at a temperature of .
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