HIP 38414
HIP 38414
DoubleStar
Pup
Visible
Level 6
Professional/Research - Requires steady seeing
Physical Properties
Magnitude
3.73
Spectral Type
K1/2 II + A
Star Color
Orange
(B-V 1.04)
Distance
349.2 ly
Position & Identifiers
RA
07h 52m 13.0s
Dec
-40° 34' 33.0"
Constellation
Pup
HR
3080
HIP
38414
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Multiple Star System
Separation
0.1″
Companion Mag
5.0
Position Angle
93°
Star Colors
A: Orange
Discoverer
TOK 195
Eyepiece View
80x
Dawes: 1.9″
TFOV: 0.6°
Realistic = true angular size
Sep: 0.1″ · PA: 93° · N up, E left
Unresolved · Rayleigh: 2.3″ · Dawes: 1.9″ · Eff: 3.1″
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Stellar Notes
2660d, K 11.8k/s, V0 +24.0k/s, asini 396. Unresolved by speckle interferometry 1978.96, 1980.02. SKYLAB UV spectra | spectra indicate cool star with hot subdwarf or white dwarf companion.
a Puppis, often misnamed alpha.
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