Gamma Tauri

   

 

Gamma Tauri is a star in the constellation Taurus and a member of the Hyades star cluster. It is an orange K-type giant with an apparent magnitude of +3.65. It is approximately 154 light years from Earth.

In Star Trek, the Gamma Tauri system was an uninhabited star system in Federation space. By the mid-24th century, the Federation had established an unmanned monitoring outpost on Gamma Tauri IV. DaiMon Tarr of the Ferengi claimed the system was in Ferengi territory, a claim dismissed by Captain Jean-Luc Picard of the USS Enterprise-D. In 2364, images of a D'Kora-class raider were captured on the outpost's automatic scanners as the T-9 energy converter was heisted by crew members of the starship. Alerted by the theft, the starship Enterprise-D was tasked with pursuing the raider by Starfleet. (TNG: "The Last Outpost").