53 Aur
HIP 31737; 53 Aur
DoubleStar
Aur
Visible
Level 6
Professional/Research - Requires steady seeing
Physical Properties
Magnitude
5.79
Spectral Type
B9npEu
Star Color
White
(B-V 0.00)
Position & Identifiers
RA
06h 38m 23.0s
Dec
+28° 59' 03.0"
Constellation
Aur
HR
2425
HIP
31737
Flamsteed
53 Aur
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Multiple Star System
Separation
0.1″
Companion Mag
6.2
Position Angle
283°
Star Colors
A: White
Discoverer
MCA 27
Eyepiece View
80x
Dawes: 1.9″
TFOV: 0.6°
Realistic = true angular size
Sep: 0.1″ · PA: 283° · N up, E left
Unresolved · Rayleigh: 2.3″ · Dawes: 1.9″ · Eff: 3.1″
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Stellar Notes
Discovered by both occultation and speckle interferometry 1978, sep. 0.075"; 1983.93, sep. 0.13".
Spectra show Hg 4077; Eu, Cr enhanced. Overabundant elements are V by factor of 300; Sr by 1500; Y by 100 and rare | earths by hundreds of thousands.
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