Kappa Lib

HIP 76880; Kappa Lib; 43 Lib DoubleStar Lib Visible Level 3 Medium telescope (6-8") - Requires steady seeing

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Physical Properties

Magnitude 4.74

Spectral Type M0-IIIb

Star Color Red (B-V 1.57)

Distance 81.5 ly

Position & Identifiers

RA 15h 41m 56.8s

Dec -19° 40' 44.0"

Constellation Lib

HR 5838

HIP 76880

Bayer Kappa

Flamsteed 43 Lib

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Multiple Star System

Separation 169.6″

Companion Mag 10.5

Position Angle 283°

Star Colors A: Red

Discoverer ENG 54

Eyepiece View

Telescope Eyepiece

32x Dawes: 1.9″ TFOV: 1.6°

Seeing

Scale Realistic = true angular size

Sep: 169.6″ · PA: 283° · N up, E left

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

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