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HIP 70518

HIP 70518 DoubleStar Lib Visible Level 1 Naked eye / Binoculars - Requires steady seeing
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Physical Properties

Magnitude 6.61
Spectral Type A2V
Star Color White (B-V 0.14)
Distance 652.3 ly

Position & Identifiers

RA 14h 25m 29.8s
Dec -19° 58' 11.0"
Constellation Lib
HR 5397
HIP 70518
Double Cat 9258

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Multiple Star System

Components 3
Component IDs AB
Separation 35.0″
Companion Mag 7.2
Position Angle 296°
Star Colors A: White
Discoverer SHJ 179

Eyepiece View

80x Dawes: 1.9″ TFOV: 0.6°
Realistic = true angular size
N E 296° A (6.6) B (7.2)

Sep: 35.0″ · PA: 296° · N up, E left

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

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Stellar Notes

Triple system. BC, 7.0v A4V or A1IV, 8.2v sep. 1". vsini of B is 60k/s.

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