78 Peg
HIP 117073; 78 Peg
DoubleStar
Peg
Visible
Level 6
Professional/Research - Requires steady seeing
Physical Properties
Magnitude
4.93
Spectral Type
K0III
Star Color
Orange
(B-V 0.95)
Distance
181.2 ly
Position & Identifiers
RA
23h 43m 59.5s
Dec
+29° 21' 42.0"
Constellation
Peg
HR
8997
HIP
117073
Flamsteed
78 Peg
Double Cat
16957
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Multiple Star System
Separation
0.8″
Companion Mag
8.1
Position Angle
284°
Star Colors
A: Orange
Discoverer
AGC 14
Eyepiece View
80x
Dawes: 1.9″
TFOV: 0.6°
Realistic = true angular size
Sep: 0.8″ · PA: 284° · N up, E left
Unresolved · Rayleigh: 2.3″ · Dawes: 1.9″ · Eff: 3.1″
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Stellar Notes
0.010".
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