Kappa For
HIP 11072; Kappa For
DoubleStar
Fornax
(For)
Visible
Level 6
Professional/Research - Requires steady seeing
Physical Properties
Magnitude
5.20
Spectral Type
G0Va
Star Color
Yellow
(B-V 0.60)
Distance
42 ly
Position & Identifiers
RA
02h 22m 32.6s
Dec
-23° 48' 59.0"
Constellation
Fornax
(For)
HR
695
HIP
11072
Bayer
Kappa
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Multiple Star System
Separation
0.5″
Companion Mag
10.2
Position Angle
177°
Star Colors
A: Yellow
B: Red
Discoverer
LAF 27
Eyepiece View
80x
Dawes: 1.9″
TFOV: 0.6°
Realistic = true angular size
Sep: 0.5″ · PA: 177° · N up, E left
Unresolved · Rayleigh: 2.3″ · Dawes: 1.9″ · Eff: 2.3″
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