20 Per
HIP 13490; 20 Per
DoubleStar
Per
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Level 6
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Physical Properties
Magnitude
5.33
Variable Type
Delta Scuti (Pulsating)
Spectral Type
F4IV
Star Color
Yellow-white
(B-V 0.41)
Distance
296.5 ly
Position & Identifiers
RA
02h 53m 42.6s
Dec
+38° 20' 15.0"
Constellation
Per
HR
855
HIP
13490
Flamsteed
20 Per
Double Cat
2200
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Multiple Star System
Components
4
Component IDs
AB
Separation
0.2″
Companion Mag
6.8
Position Angle
290°
Star Colors
A: Yellow-white
B: Yellow
Discoverer
BU 524
Eyepiece View
80x
Dawes: 1.9″
TFOV: 0.6°
Realistic = true angular size
Sep: 0.2″ · PA: 290° · N up, E left
Unresolved · Rayleigh: 2.3″ · Dawes: 1.9″ · Eff: 3.1″
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Stellar Notes
Delta Sct?
AB 5.9 F4V, 6.5 F6V, 31.37y, a = 0.258". Nearly equal components, 3.7, 4.3 solar. Component C, 9.7v at 14", CPM?
ADS 2200A, 1269d, K 4.8k/s, V0 +2.4k/s, asini 73.0. Orbit questioned by Morbey and Griffin (1987, ApJ, 317, | 343). Resolved by speckle interferometry 1983.93, sep. 0.20"; 1983.94, sep. 0.18".
0.013".
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