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HIP 17954

HIP 17954 DoubleStar Tau Visible Level 5 Expert level - Requires steady seeing
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Physical Properties

Magnitude 5.26
Spectral Type A2V+A5V
Star Color Yellow-white (B-V 0.21)
Distance 181.2 ly

Position & Identifiers

RA 03h 50m 18.9s
Dec +25° 34' 46.0"
Constellation Tau
HR 1188
HIP 17954
Double Cat 2799

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Multiple Star System

Separation 0.6″
Companion Mag 6.5
Companion Sp A5V
Position Angle 204°
Star Colors A: Yellow-white B: Yellow-white
Discoverer STT 65

Eyepiece View

80x Dawes: 1.9″ TFOV: 0.6°
Realistic = true angular size
N E 204° A (5.3) B (6.5)

Sep: 0.6″ · PA: 204° · N up, E left

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

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Stellar Notes

5.81 A3V, 6.21 A5V, 62.28y, a = 0.430". Resolved by speckle interferometry 1983.93, sep. 0.66".

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