Alpha Men

HIP 29271; Alpha Men DoubleStar Men Visible Level 5 Expert level - Requires steady seeing

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Physical Properties

Magnitude 5.09

Spectral Type G6V

Star Color Orange (B-V 0.72)

Distance 28.4 ly

Position & Identifiers

RA 06h 10m 14.4s

Dec -74° 45' 11.0"

Constellation Men

HR 2261

HIP 29271

Bayer Alpha

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Multiple Star System

Separation 3.3″

Companion Mag 10.1

Companion Sp M5V

Position Angle 256°

Star Colors A: Orange B: Red

Discoverer EGN 5

Eyepiece View

Telescope Eyepiece

80x Dawes: 1.9″ TFOV: 0.6°

Seeing

Scale Realistic = true angular size

Sep: 3.3″ · PA: 256° · N up, E left

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

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