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HIP 87895

HIP 87895 DoubleStar Her Visible Level 5 Expert level - Requires steady seeing
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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
N E 161° A (6.3) B (7.9)

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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