HIP 87895
HIP 87895
DoubleStar
Her
Visible
Level 5
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Physical Properties
Magnitude
6.30
Spectral Type
G2V
Star Color
Yellow
(B-V 0.63)
Position & Identifiers
RA
17h 57m 14.3s
Dec
+23° 59' 45.0"
Constellation
Her
HR
6697
HIP
87895
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Multiple Star System
Separation
0.1″
Companion Mag
7.9
Companion Sp
K2V
Position Angle
161°
Star Colors
A: Yellow
B: Orange
Discoverer
MCA 50
Eyepiece View
80x
Dawes: 1.9″
TFOV: 0.6°
Realistic = true angular size
Sep: 0.1″ · PA: 161° · N up, E left
Unresolved · Rayleigh: 2.3″ · Dawes: 1.9″ · Eff: 3.1″
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Stellar Notes
Sep. 0.107". Closed from 0.114" to 0.065" between 1981.5 and 1984.3 (McAlister and Hartkopf). However, speckle | observations 1986.44 (Blazit et al. 1987, A&AS, 71, 57) yield 0.085".
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