Nu Aur

HIP 27673; Nu Aur; 32 Aur DoubleStar Aur Visible Level 3 Medium telescope (6-8") - Requires steady seeing

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Physical Properties

Magnitude 3.97

Spectral Type K1III

Star Color Orange (B-V 1.13)

Distance 229.7 ly

Position & Identifiers

RA 05h 51m 29.4s

Dec +39° 08' 55.0"

Constellation Aur

HR 2012

HIP 27673

Bayer Nu

Flamsteed 32 Aur

Double Cat 4440

Visibility

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Multiple Star System

Separation 55.6″

Companion Mag 11.4

Position Angle 207°

Star Colors A: Orange

Discoverer H 5 90

Eyepiece View

Telescope Eyepiece

80x Dawes: 1.9″ TFOV: 0.6°

Seeing

Scale Realistic = true angular size

Sep: 55.6″ · PA: 207° · N up, E left

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

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Stellar Lifecycle

Spectral Classification

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Blackbody Spectrum

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Stellar Notes

Double Star

Companion optical.

Spectral

G9.5III CN 0.5 Fe 1 Ba 0.2:

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