HIP 51461
HIP 51461
DoubleStar
Car
Visible
Level 1
Naked eye / Binoculars - Requires steady seeing
Physical Properties
Magnitude
6.43
Spectral Type
M2IIIe
Star Color
Red
(B-V 1.76)
Position & Identifiers
RA
10h 30m 39.2s
Dec
-61° 21' 22.0"
Constellation
Car
HR
4128
HIP
51461
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Multiple Star System
Separation
82.2″
Companion Mag
7.5
Position Angle
331°
Star Colors
A: Red
Discoverer
DUN 87
Eyepiece View
80x
Dawes: 1.9″
TFOV: 0.6°
Realistic = true angular size
Sep: 82.2″ · PA: 331° · N up, E left
Resolved · Rayleigh: 2.3″ · Dawes: 1.9″ · Eff: 3.1″
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Stellar Notes
B = CPD-60d1944 = HD 91269, 7.54V, -0.08(B-V), -0.57(U-B), B5Vne, shell star.
In the HD the magnitudes for HD 91269, 91270 had been interchanged, leading to much subsequent confusion between the red | and blue components.
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