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HIP 83706

HIP 83706 Star Sco Visible Level 2 Small telescope (4")
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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

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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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