26 Aur
HIP 26536; 26 Aur
DoubleStar
Auriga
(Aur)
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Level 6
Professional/Research - Requires steady seeing
Physical Properties
Magnitude
5.40
Spectral Type
F9III+B9.5V
Star Color
Yellow
(B-V 0.45)
Distance
652 ly
Position & Identifiers
RA
05h 38m 38.1s
Dec
+30° 29' 33.0"
Constellation
Auriga
(Aur)
HR
1914
HIP
26536
Flamsteed
26 Aur
Double Cat
4229
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Multiple Star System
Components
4
Component IDs
AB
Separation
0.2″
Companion Mag
6.2
Companion Sp
A1
Position Angle
321°
Star Colors
A: Yellow
B: White
Discoverer
BU 1240
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AB 6.0 G5III, 6.3 A2V, 53.2y, a = 0.135". Combined, mag., colors. C, 8.57V, +0.28(B-V), +0.09(U-B), F0V at 12", | physical; D, 11.5v at 33". Resolved by speckle interferometry 1983.93, sep. 0.12".
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