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HIP 51461

HIP 51461 DoubleStar Car Visible Level 1 Naked eye / Binoculars - Requires steady seeing
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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
N E 331° A (6.4) B (7.5)

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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