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HIP 13942; Zeta For DoubleStar For Visible Level 3 Medium telescope (6-8") - Requires steady seeing

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Physical Properties

Magnitude 5.71

Spectral Type F2V

Star Color Yellow-white (B-V 0.40)

Distance 112.5 ly

Position & Identifiers

RA 02h 59m 36.1s

Dec -25° 16' 27.0"

Constellation For

HR 901

HIP 13942

Bayer Zeta

Visibility

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Multiple Star System

Separation 176.0″

Companion Mag 13.1

Position Angle 288°

Star Colors A: Yellow-white

Discoverer LDS3446

Eyepiece View

Telescope Eyepiece

32x Dawes: 1.9″ TFOV: 1.6°

Seeing

Scale Realistic = true angular size

Sep: 176.0″ · PA: 288° · N up, E left

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

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Stellar Notes

Group/Cluster

Hyades moving group

Spectral

Variously classified gA9, A9n, F2V.

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