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HIP 46404

HIP 46404 DoubleStar Hya Visible Level 5 Expert level - Requires steady seeing
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Physical Properties

Magnitude 5.38
Spectral Type G2V
Star Color Yellow (B-V 0.64)
Distance 85.8 ly

Position & Identifiers

RA 09h 27m 46.8s
Dec -06° 04' 16.0"
Constellation Hya
HR 3750
HIP 46404

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Multiple Star System

Separation 0.4″
Companion Mag 7.5
Position Angle 146°
Star Colors A: Yellow B: Orange
Discoverer B 2530

Eyepiece View

80x Dawes: 1.9″ TFOV: 0.6°
Realistic = true angular size
N E 146° A (5.4) B (7.5)

Sep: 0.4″ · PA: 146° · N up, E left

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

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Spectral Classification

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Blackbody Spectrum

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Stellar Notes

CPM.
917.1d, K 2.2k/s, V0 +56.3k/s, asini 26.88. Orbit questioned by Morbey and Griffin (1987, ApJ, 317, 343). Speckle | interferometric sep. 0.033" 1982.17.
See HR 3738, 3814.

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