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12 Com

HIP 60351; 12 Com DoubleStar Com Visible Level 3 Medium telescope (6-8") - Requires steady seeing
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Physical Properties

Magnitude 4.81
Spectral Type G0III-IV+A3V
Star Color Yellow (B-V 0.49)
Distance 233.0 ly

Position & Identifiers

RA 12h 22m 30.3s
Dec +25° 50' 46.0"
Constellation Com
HR 4707
HIP 60351
Flamsteed 12 Com
Double Cat 8530

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Multiple Star System

Components 3
Component IDs AC
Separation 37.0″
Companion Mag 11.8
Companion Sp A3
Position Angle 59°
Star Colors A: Yellow B: White
Discoverer SHJ 143

Eyepiece View

80x Dawes: 1.9″ TFOV: 0.6°
Realistic = true angular size
N E 59° A (4.8) B (11.8)

Sep: 37.0″ · PA: 59° · N up, E left

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

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Stellar Notes

AC binary. C, 8.55V, +0.52(B-V), +0.01(U-B), F7V. Component B, 12.52v at 35" optical.
ADS 8530A, 396.49d, K 25.3k/s, V0 +0.5k/s, asini 110. Unresolved by speckle interferometry. vsini of secondary | =<25k/s.
Mel 111 #91 (Coma).
Also classified G5III + A5.

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