HX Vel

HIP 42712 DoubleStar Vel Visible Level 5 Expert level - Requires steady seeing

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Physical Properties

Magnitude 5.51

Spectral Type B1.5Vn

Star Color Blue (B-V -0.18)

Position & Identifiers

RA 08h 42m 16.0s

Dec -48° 05' 57.0"

Constellation Vel

HR 3462

HIP 42712

Variable ID HX Vel

Visibility

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Multiple Star System

Separation 0.5″

Companion Mag 8.3

Position Angle 310°

Star Colors A: Blue B: Yellow-white

Discoverer RST5304

Eyepiece View

Telescope Eyepiece

80x Dawes: 1.9″ TFOV: 0.6°

Seeing

Scale Realistic = true angular size

Sep: 0.5″ · PA: 310° · N up, E left

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

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Stellar Notes

Variable Star

Amp. 0.037b, 0.563d.

Group/Cluster

In cluster IC 2395 #1; Sco-Cen assoc.

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