V929 Sco

HIP 78877 DoubleStar Sco Visible Level 6 Professional/Research - Requires steady seeing

Star Map Add to List Add to Plan Back to Catalog

Physical Properties

Magnitude 5.92

Spectral Type B8p

Star Color Blue-white (B-V -0.08)

Position & Identifiers

RA 16h 06m 06.3s

Dec -23° 36' 23.0"

Constellation Sco

HR 5988

HIP 78877

Variable ID V929 Sco

Visibility

Set a location in User Settings to see visibility data.

Multiple Star System

Separation 0.1″

Companion Mag 9.2

Companion Sp F

Position Angle 128°

Star Colors A: Blue-white B: Yellow-white

Discoverer RAS 25

Eyepiece View

Telescope Eyepiece

80x Dawes: 1.9″ TFOV: 0.6°

Seeing

Scale Realistic = true angular size

Sep: 0.1″ · PA: 128° · N up, E left

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

Size Comparison

Querying VizieR for stellar data…

Stellar Lifecycle

Spectral Classification

Hertzsprung-Russell Diagram

Loading HR diagram…

Blackbody Spectrum

Stellar Absorption Spectrum

Simulated absorption spectrum based on spectral type. Hover over lines to identify elements.

Stellar Notes

Variable Star

Spectrum var., amp. 0.03V, 1.49187d.

Group/Cluster

Sco OB2; Sco-Cen cluster; member of the local association (Pleiades group); upper Sco region.

Spectral

Helium-weak star.

Survey Image

Loading survey image…