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HIP 20284

HIP 20284 DoubleStar Tau Visible Level 6 Professional/Research - Requires steady seeing
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Physical Properties

Magnitude 6.17
Spectral Type F6V
Star Color Yellow (B-V 0.46)

Position & Identifiers

RA 04h 20m 52.8s
Dec +13° 51' 51.0"
Constellation Tau
HR 1358
HIP 20284

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Multiple Star System

Separation 1.3″
Companion Mag 14.5
Companion Sp F6V
Position Angle 11°
Star Colors A: Yellow B: Yellow
Discoverer BAS 3

Eyepiece View

80x Dawes: 1.9″ TFOV: 0.6°
Realistic = true angular size
N E 11° A (6.2) B (14.5)

Sep: 1.3″ · PA: 11° · N up, E left

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

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Stellar Notes

3.0591d, K 71.0k/s, V0 +36.1k/s, msin3i 0.493, asini 2.99, i 51d? vsini both components 12k/s.
In Taurus cluster; Mel 25 #34; the Hyades.

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