Kappa Pyx

HIP 44824; Kappa Pyx DoubleStar Pyx Visible Level 5 Expert level - Requires steady seeing

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Physical Properties

Magnitude 4.58

Spectral Type K4III

Star Color Red (B-V 1.59)

Distance 250.9 ly

Position & Identifiers

RA 09h 08m 02.9s

Dec -25° 51' 30.0"

Constellation Pyx

HR 3628

HIP 44824

Bayer Kappa

Double Cat 7202

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Multiple Star System

Separation 2.1″

Companion Mag 10.1

Position Angle 263°

Star Colors A: Red

Discoverer I 491

Eyepiece View

Telescope Eyepiece

80x Dawes: 1.9″ TFOV: 0.6°

Seeing

Scale Realistic = true angular size

Sep: 2.1″ · PA: 263° · N up, E left

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

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