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Psi Vir

HIP 62985; Psi Vir; 40 Vir DoubleStar Vir Visible Level 6 Professional/Research - Requires steady seeing
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Physical Properties

Magnitude 4.79
Variable Type Slow Irregular Variable
Spectral Type M3-IIICa-1
Star Color Red (B-V 1.60)
Distance 155.3 ly

Position & Identifiers

RA 12h 54m 21.2s
Dec -09° 32' 20.0"
Constellation Vir
HR 4902
HIP 62985
Bayer Psi
Flamsteed 40 Vir
Variable ID Psi Vir

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Multiple Star System

Separation 0.2″
Companion Mag 8.3
Position Angle 111°
Star Colors A: Red
Discoverer OCC 387

Eyepiece View

80x Dawes: 1.9″ TFOV: 0.6°
Realistic = true angular size
N E 111° A (4.8) B (8.3)

Sep: 0.2″ · PA: 111° · N up, E left

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

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Stellar Notes

Lb 4.7 - 4.8V.
Close binary, sep. 0.040", unresolved by speckle interferometry. If companion on main sequence, the inferred spectral | type is F6V.
Ultraviolet FeII emission.
Occultation diam. = 0.00492 - 0.0065".

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