HIP 83947
HIP 83947
DoubleStar
Her
Visible
Level 6
Professional/Research - Requires steady seeing
Physical Properties
Magnitude
5.08
Spectral Type
K3III
Star Color
Red
(B-V 1.28)
Distance
171.7 ly
Position & Identifiers
RA
17h 09m 33.3s
Dec
+40° 46' 38.0"
Constellation
Her
HR
6388
HIP
83947
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Multiple Star System
Separation
0.1″
Companion Mag
14.0
Position Angle
180°
Star Colors
A: Red
Discoverer
MCA 45
Eyepiece View
80x
Dawes: 1.9″
TFOV: 0.6°
Realistic = true angular size
Sep: 0.1″ · PA: 180° · N up, E left
Unresolved · Rayleigh: 2.3″ · Dawes: 1.9″ · Eff: 3.1″
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Stellar Notes
876.25d, K 4.79k/s, V0 -57.58k/s, asini 45.8. Unresolved at 10 epochs between 1977.69 and 1981.47 with sep. 0.039" | on 1980.48 (McAlister and Hartkopf).
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