Beta Cir

HIP 74824; Beta Cir DoubleStar Cir Visible Level 3 Medium telescope (6-8") - Requires steady seeing

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Physical Properties

Magnitude 4.07

Spectral Type A3V

Star Color White (B-V 0.09)

Distance 61.5 ly

Position & Identifiers

RA 15h 17m 30.8s

Dec -58° 48' 04.0"

Constellation Cir

HR 5670

HIP 74824

Bayer Beta

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Multiple Star System

Separation 217.6″

Companion Mag 13.2

Companion Sp L1.0

Position Angle 199°

Star Colors A: White

Discoverer SML 1

Eyepiece View

Telescope Eyepiece

32x Dawes: 1.9″ TFOV: 1.6°

Seeing

Scale Realistic = true angular size

Sep: 217.6″ · PA: 199° · N up, E left

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

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