S Cha

HIP 66121 DoubleStar Cha Visible Level 2 Small telescope (4") - Requires steady seeing

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Physical Properties

Magnitude 6.48

Spectral Type F6V

Star Color Yellow (B-V 0.48)

Distance 95.9 ly

Position & Identifiers

RA 13h 33m 14.8s

Dec -77° 34' 06.0"

Constellation Cha

HR 5082

HIP 66121

Variable ID S Cha

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Multiple Star System

Separation 22.0″

Companion Mag 9.2

Position Angle 134°

Star Colors A: Yellow B: Orange

Discoverer HJ 4590

Eyepiece View

Telescope Eyepiece

80x Dawes: 1.9″ TFOV: 0.6°

Seeing

Scale Realistic = true angular size

Sep: 22.0″ · PA: 134° · N up, E left

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

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Stellar Notes

Variable Star

Cst 6.6p.

Double Star

Component B is CPD -76d769. CPM.

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