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63 Her

HIP 84054; 63 Her DoubleStar Her Visible Level 1 Naked eye / Binoculars - Requires steady seeing
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Physical Properties

Magnitude 6.19
Variable Type Delta Scuti (Pulsating)
Spectral Type A8V
Star Color Yellow-white (B-V 0.23)

Position & Identifiers

RA 17h 11m 03.2s
Dec +24° 14' 16.0"
Constellation Her
HR 6391
HIP 84054
Flamsteed 63 Her
Variable ID V620 Her

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Multiple Star System

Separation 195.5″
Companion Mag 7.0
Companion Sp F2V
Position Angle 74°
Star Colors A: Yellow-white B: Yellow-white
Discoverer SHY 713

Eyepiece View

32x Dawes: 1.9″ TFOV: 1.6°
Realistic = true angular size
N E 74° A (6.2) B (7.0)

Sep: 195.5″ · PA: 74° · N up, E left

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

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Stellar Notes

Delta Sct 6.19 - 6.23V. Period analyses of new and existing data by Reed and Welch (1988, AJ, 95, 1510) favor | fundamental period of 0.088d with overtones of 0.052, 0.130d, with the fundamental and second values as radial | pulsations and the third as nonradial.

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