Baten Kaitos
HIP 8645; Zeta Cet; 55 Cet
HIP 8645; Zeta Cet; 55 Cet
DoubleStar
Cet
Visible
Level 3
Medium telescope (6-8") - Requires steady seeing
Physical Properties
Magnitude
3.73
Spectral Type
K0 III
Star Color
Orange
(B-V 1.14)
Distance
234.5 ly
Position & Identifiers
RA
01h 51m 27.6s
Dec
-10° 20' 06.0"
Constellation
Cet
HR
539
HIP
8645
Bayer
Zeta
Flamsteed
55 Cet
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Multiple Star System
Separation
188.6″
Companion Mag
10.2
Position Angle
40°
Star Colors
A: Orange
Discoverer
BUP 26
Eyepiece View
32x
Dawes: 1.9″
TFOV: 1.6°
Realistic = true angular size
Sep: 188.6″ · PA: 40° · N up, E left
Resolved · Rayleigh: 2.3″ · Dawes: 1.9″ · Eff: 3.1″
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Stellar Notes
Second visual component optical.
Component A of visual double. 1652d, K 3.3k/s, V0 +9.2k/s, asini 60.5. Unresolved by speckle interferometry.
Baten Kaitos.
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