HV Vel

HIP 42177 DoubleStar Vel Visible Level 5 Expert level - Requires steady seeing

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Physical Properties

Magnitude 5.80

Spectral Type B8Si

Star Color Blue-white (B-V -0.13)

Position & Identifiers

RA 08h 35m 52.1s

Dec -50° 58' 12.0"

Constellation Vel

HR 3413

HIP 42177

Variable ID HV Vel

Visibility

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Multiple Star System

Separation 0.6″

Companion Mag 8.7

Position Angle 221°

Star Colors A: Blue-white B: Yellow-white

Discoverer HUB 7

Eyepiece View

Telescope Eyepiece

80x Dawes: 1.9″ TFOV: 0.6°

Seeing

Scale Realistic = true angular size

Sep: 0.6″ · PA: 221° · 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

Variable Star

Amp. 0.025y, 2.67d. Spectrum var. same period.

Group/Cluster

In cluster IC 2391.

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