Mu Aur

HIP 24340; Mu Aur; 11 Aur DoubleStar Aur Visible Level 6 Professional/Research - Requires steady seeing

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Physical Properties

Magnitude 4.86

Spectral Type A4Vm

Star Color Yellow-white (B-V 0.18)

Distance 141.8 ly

Position & Identifiers

RA 05h 13m 25.7s

Dec +38° 29' 04.0"

Constellation Aur

HR 1689

HIP 24340

Bayer Mu

Flamsteed 11 Aur

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Multiple Star System

Separation 0.1″

Position Angle 356°

Star Colors A: Yellow-white

Discoverer CHR 256

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Telescope Eyepiece

80x Dawes: 1.9″ TFOV: 0.6°

Seeing

Scale Realistic = true angular size

Sep: 0.1″ · PA: 356° · N up, E left

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

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