Phi Vel

HIP 48774; Phi Vel DoubleStar Vel Visible Level 3 Medium telescope (6-8") - Requires steady seeing

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Physical Properties

Magnitude 3.54

Spectral Type B6II

Star Color Blue-white (B-V -0.08)

Distance 1585.5 ly

Position & Identifiers

RA 09h 56m 51.8s

Dec -54° 34' 04.0"

Constellation Vel

HR 3940

HIP 48774

Bayer Phi

Visibility

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Multiple Star System

Separation 37.9″

Companion Mag 12.4

Position Angle 10°

Star Colors A: Blue-white

Discoverer I 396

Eyepiece View

Telescope Eyepiece

80x Dawes: 1.9″ TFOV: 0.6°

Seeing

Scale Realistic = true angular size

Sep: 37.9″ · PA: 10° · N up, E left

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

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Stellar Notes

Double Star

Companion K0III, optical.

Group/Cluster

Sco-Cen assoc.

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