HQ CMa

HIP 35611 DoubleStar CMa Visible Level 4 Large telescope (10"+) - Requires steady seeing

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Physical Properties

Magnitude 6.01

Variable Type Eclipsing Binary (Algol-type)

Spectral Type B2.5V

Star Color Blue (B-V -0.17)

Position & Identifiers

RA 07h 20m 55.0s

Dec -26° 57' 49.0"

Constellation CMa

HR 2800

HIP 35611

Variable ID HQ CMa

Double Cat 6015

Visibility

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Multiple Star System

Separation 8.7″

Companion Mag 13.0

Position Angle 221°

Star Colors A: Blue

Discoverer SEE 76

Eyepiece View

Telescope Eyepiece

80x Dawes: 1.9″ TFOV: 0.6°

Seeing

Scale Realistic = true angular size

Sep: 8.7″ · PA: 221° · N up, E left

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

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Spectral Classification

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Stellar Notes

Variable Star

EA, 6.01 - 6.27V, amp. 0.14b, 24.6d.

Group/Cluster

Sco-Cen assoc.

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