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Delta Volantis — Star in Volans

Magnitude 4.0m Star Volans (Vol) Visible
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1Physical Properties

Magnitude 3.98
Spectral Type F6II bright giant
Star Color Orange (B-V 0.79)
Distance 815 ly

2Position & Identifiers

RA 07h 16m 49.8s
Dec -67° 57' 26.0"
Constellation Volans (Vol)
HR 2803
HIP 35228
HD 57623
SAO 249809
Bayer Delta
SIMBAD

3How easy to spot?

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Equipment Bortle 3 Bortle 4 Bortle 5
Naked eye Easy Medium+ Medium
50mm finder Easy Easy Easy
150mm scope Easy Easy Easy
Easy Medium Hard Very hard Impossible

Bortle 3 = rural · 4 = outer suburbs · 5 = suburbs

4Visibility

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Best season Dec – Feb (peak: Jan)

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Spectral Classification

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Stellar Lifecycle

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Stellar Absorption Spectrum

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Relativistic Travel

Nearby in the Sky

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Visibility scores assume a 150 mm Newton at Bortle 4.

NGC 2434
Medium+
Elliptical galaxy
Galaxy mag 11.2 2.1° Volans
Gamma Vol
HIP 34473; Gamma1 Volantis
Easy
Colorful double, sep 13.6″
Double Star mag 5.69 2.6° Volans
NGC 2249
Hard
Compact globular cluster
Globular Cluster mag 12.23 4.8° Dorado
NGC 2214
Medium+
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 11.0 5.9° Dorado
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