Kappa Nor

HIP 79509; Kappa Nor DoubleStar Nor Visible Level 3 Medium telescope (6-8") - Requires steady seeing

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Physical Properties

Magnitude 4.94

Spectral Type G8III

Star Color Orange (B-V 1.04)

Distance 148.2 ly

Position & Identifiers

RA 16h 13m 28.7s

Dec -54° 37' 50.0"

Constellation Nor

HR 6024

HIP 79509

Bayer Kappa

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Multiple Star System

Separation 13.9″

Companion Mag 13.0

Position Angle 213°

Star Colors A: Orange

Discoverer HDO 254

Eyepiece View

Telescope Eyepiece

80x Dawes: 1.9″ TFOV: 0.6°

Seeing

Scale Realistic = true angular size

Sep: 13.9″ · PA: 213° · N up, E left

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

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