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QS Aql

HIP 96840 DoubleStar Aql Visible Level 6 Professional/Research - Requires steady seeing
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Physical Properties

Magnitude 6.01
Range 5.93 - 6.06
Period 2.5 days
Variable Type Eclipsing Binary (Algol-type)
Spectral Type B5V
Star Color Blue-white (B-V -0.08)

Position & Identifiers

RA 19h 41m 05.5s
Dec +13° 48' 56.0"
Constellation Aql
HR 7486
HIP 96840
Variable ID QS Aql

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Multiple Star System

Separation 0.1″
Companion Mag 6.8
Companion Sp A8IV
Position Angle 319°
Star Colors A: Blue-white B: Yellow-white
Discoverer KUI 93

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Stellar Notes

Primary of visual double, EA 5.93 - 6.05V, 2.513294d. Double unresolved in 1961 when period changed sharply.
Speckle interferometry 1985.5 gives sep. 0.178".
2.4968d, K 47.3k/s, V0 -14.2k/s, asini 1.62. Equal components.
Member of the local association (Pleiades group).

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