Epsilon Ret

HIP 19921; Epsilon Ret DoubleStar Ret Visible Level 3 Medium telescope (6-8") - Requires steady seeing

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Physical Properties

Magnitude 4.44

Spectral Type K2IVa

Star Color Orange (B-V 1.08)

Distance 48.7 ly

Position & Identifiers

RA 04h 16m 28.9s

Dec -59° 18' 07.0"

Constellation Ret

HR 1355

HIP 19921

Bayer Epsilon

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Multiple Star System

Separation 13.0″

Companion Mag 12.5

Companion Sp DA3

Position Angle 37°

Star Colors A: Orange

Discoverer JSP 56

Eyepiece View

Telescope Eyepiece

80x Dawes: 1.9″ TFOV: 0.6°

Seeing

Scale Realistic = true angular size

Sep: 13.0″ · PA: 37° · N up, E left

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

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