HIP 83838
HIP 83838
DoubleStar
Her
Visible
Level 6
Professional/Research - Requires steady seeing
Physical Properties
Magnitude
5.39
Spectral Type
A5-F1III/IVm s
Star Color
Yellow-white
(B-V 0.31)
Distance
217.4 ly
Position & Identifiers
RA
17h 08m 02.0s
Dec
+35° 56' 07.0"
Constellation
Her
HR
6377
HIP
83838
Double Cat
10360
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Multiple Star System
Components
3
Component IDs
AB
Separation
0.1″
Companion Mag
6.1
Position Angle
34°
Star Colors
A: Yellow-white
Discoverer
HU 1176
Eyepiece View
80x
Dawes: 1.9″
TFOV: 0.6°
Realistic = true angular size
Sep: 0.1″ · PA: 34° · N up, E left
Unresolved · Rayleigh: 2.3″ · Dawes: 1.9″ · Eff: 3.1″
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Stellar Notes
AB 6.2 A9III-IV, 6.2 A9III-IV, 8.159y, a = 0.116". Mean mass 2.7 solar. Alternate orbit, 16.08y, a = 0.167". Combined | colors. Speckle interferometry indicates companion 1 mag. fainter than primary at 0.079". However, speckle | observations 1986.46 (at 7000 Ang.) give sep. 0.15".
K/H/met give A5/F0V/F2.
0.017".
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