HIP 83706
HIP 83706
DoubleStar
Sco
Visible
Level 5
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Physical Properties
Magnitude
6.13
Spectral Type
O9.5Iab
Star Color
Yellow
(B-V 0.50)
Position & Identifiers
RA
17h 06m 28.4s
Dec
-35° 27' 04.0"
Constellation
Sco
HR
6347
HIP
83706
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Multiple Star System
Separation
2.6″
Companion Mag
12.6
Position Angle
357°
Star Colors
A: Yellow
Discoverer
B 894
Eyepiece View
80x
Dawes: 1.9″
TFOV: 0.6°
Realistic = true angular size
Sep: 2.6″ · PA: 357° · N up, E left
At limit · Rayleigh: 2.3″ · Dawes: 1.9″ · Eff: 3.1″
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Stellar Notes
B-V values scatter from +0.38 to +0.60, U-B from -0.37 to -0.63.
Sco OB4. Listed by Buscombe and Kennedy (M.N.R.A.S. 124, 196, 1962) as among Sco-Cen stars. Buscombe now points out | that it is a nonmember background star.
Strong interstellar lines indicate the interstellar molecules CH, CH+, and CN are in localized area near the Sun.
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