Kappa Crt

HIP 55874; Kappa Crt; 16 Crt DoubleStar Crt Visible Level 3 Medium telescope (6-8") - Requires steady seeing

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Physical Properties

Magnitude 5.94

Spectral Type F4III-IV

Star Color Yellow (B-V 0.49)

Position & Identifiers

RA 11h 27m 09.5s

Dec -12° 21' 24.0"

Constellation Crt

HR 4416

HIP 55874

Bayer Kappa

Flamsteed 16 Crt

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Multiple Star System

Separation 24.6″

Companion Mag 13.0

Position Angle 347°

Star Colors A: Yellow

Discoverer KUI 57

Eyepiece View

Telescope Eyepiece

80x Dawes: 1.9″ TFOV: 0.6°

Seeing

Scale Realistic = true angular size

Sep: 24.6″ · PA: 347° · N up, E left

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

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