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Iota Ser

HIP 76852; Iota Ser; 21 Ser DoubleStar Ser Visible Level 6 Professional/Research - Requires steady seeing
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Physical Properties

Magnitude 4.52
Spectral Type A1V
Star Color White (B-V 0.04)
Distance 296.5 ly

Position & Identifiers

RA 15h 41m 33.1s
Dec +19° 40' 13.0"
Constellation Ser
HR 5842
HIP 76852
Bayer Iota
Flamsteed 21 Ser
Double Cat 9744

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Multiple Star System

Components 4
Component IDs AB
Separation 0.2″
Companion Mag 5.2
Companion Sp A1V
Position Angle 64°
Star Colors A: White B: White
Discoverer HU 580

Eyepiece View

80x Dawes: 1.9″ TFOV: 0.6°
Realistic = true angular size
N E 64° A (4.5) B (5.2)

Sep: 0.2″ · PA: 64° · N up, E left

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

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Stellar Notes

AB 5.2 A1V, 5.3 AIV, 11.07y, a = 0.117". AB combined mag., color. Resolved by speckle interferometry 1986.45, | sep. 0.05".
Pleiades group.
0.012" to 0.026".

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