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T Tauri is a variable star in the constellation Taurus the prototype of the T Tauri stars. It was discovered in October 1852 by John Russell Hind. T Tauri appears from Earth amongst the Hyades cluster not far from ε Tauri; but it is actually 420 light years behind it and was not formed with the rest of them.Like all T Tauri stars it is very young being only a million years old.