Tau Cet

HIP 8102; Tau Cet; 52 Cet DoubleStar Cet Visible Level 3 Medium telescope (6-8") - Requires steady seeing

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Physical Properties

Magnitude 3.50

Spectral Type G8.5V

Star Color Orange (B-V 0.72)

Distance 11.9 ly

Position & Identifiers

RA 01h 44m 04.1s

Dec -15° 56' 15.0"

Constellation Cet

HR 509

HIP 8102

Bayer Tau

Flamsteed 52 Cet

Visibility

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Multiple Star System

Separation 160.5″

Companion Mag 13.9

Position Angle 150°

Star Colors A: Orange

Discoverer BUP 25

Eyepiece View

Telescope Eyepiece

32x Dawes: 1.9″ TFOV: 1.6°

Seeing

Scale Realistic = true angular size

Sep: 160.5″ · PA: 150° · N up, E left

Resolved · Rayleigh: 2.3″ · Dawes: 1.9″ · Eff: 3.1″

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