16 Tauri is a blue-white B-type subgiant with an apparent magnitude of +5.45.

It is approximately 430 light years from the Sun;[5] about the same distance as the Pleiades.

[8] It is over four times the radius of the Sun and has a surface temperature of 12,800 K.[6][7] 16 Tauri is the star's Flamsteed designation.

It bore the traditional named Celaeno (or Celeno) and was called the "Lost Pleiad" by Theon the Younger.

[14] USS Celeno (AK-76) was a United States Navy Crater class cargo ship named after the star.