
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").
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