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HIP 28744

HIP 28744 DoubleStar Mon Visible Level 6 Professional/Research - Requires steady seeing
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Physical Properties

Magnitude 5.21
Variable Type Ellipsoidal Variable
Spectral Type B2Ven
Star Color Blue-white (B-V -0.06)

Position & Identifiers

RA 06h 04m 13.5s
Dec -06° 42' 33.0"
Constellation Mon
HR 2142
HIP 28744

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Multiple Star System

Separation 0.6″
Companion Mag 9.4
Position Angle 271°
Star Colors A: Blue-white
Discoverer HDS 826

Eyepiece View

80x Dawes: 1.9″ TFOV: 0.6°
Realistic = true angular size
N E 271° A (5.2) B (9.4)

Sep: 0.6″ · PA: 271° · N up, E left

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

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Spectral Classification

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Stellar Notes

5.20 - 5.23V, 80.85d, periodic shell phenomena.
Shell star.
Rapidly rotating and variable hydrogen lines suggest recent ejection of equatorial shell.

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