Epsilon Pyx

HIP 45001; Epsilon Pyx DoubleStar Pyx Visible Level 2 Small telescope (4") - Requires steady seeing

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Physical Properties

Magnitude 5.59

Spectral Type A4IV-V

Star Color Yellow-white (B-V 0.19)

Position & Identifiers

RA 09h 09m 56.4s

Dec -30° 21' 55.0"

Constellation Pyx

HR 3644

HIP 45001

Bayer Epsilon

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Multiple Star System

Components 4

Component IDs AxBC

Separation 17.6″

Companion Mag 9.5

Position Angle 148°

Star Colors A: Yellow-white B: Orange

Eyepiece View

Telescope Eyepiece

80x Dawes: 1.9″ TFOV: 0.6°

Seeing

Scale Realistic = true angular size

Sep: 17.6″ · PA: 148° · N up, E left

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

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Stellar Notes

Double Star

BC, 10.5, 10.8v, sep. 0.3", CPM?

Spectroscopic Binary

Primary of visual double. Speckle interferometric sep. 0.167" (1980.93).

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