8 Gem
HIP 29789; 8 Gem
DoubleStar
Gem
Visible
Level 6
Professional/Research - Requires steady seeing
Physical Properties
Magnitude
6.08
Spectral Type
G8III
Star Color
Orange
(B-V 0.90)
Position & Identifiers
RA
06h 16m 19.0s
Dec
+23° 58' 12.0"
Constellation
Gem
HR
2230
HIP
29789
Flamsteed
8 Gem
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Multiple Star System
Separation
0.1″
Companion Mag
6.9
Position Angle
-1°
Star Colors
A: Orange
Discoverer
OCC 288
Eyepiece View
80x
Dawes: 1.9″
TFOV: 0.6°
Realistic = true angular size
Sep: 0.1″ · PA: -1° · N up, E left
Unresolved · Rayleigh: 2.3″ · Dawes: 1.9″ · Eff: 3.1″
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Stellar Notes
Suspected occultation double, 6.9, 6.9, sep. 0.1".
UMa stream.
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