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HIP 108294 — Star in Grus

Magnitude 5.5m Star Grus (Gru) Visible
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1Physical Properties

Magnitude 5.46
Spectral Type A2Vn
Star Color White (B-V 0.08)

2Position & Identifiers

RA 21h 56m 22.8s
Dec -37° 15' 13.0"
Constellation Grus (Gru)
HR 8366
HIP 108294
HD 208321
SAO 213414
SIMBAD

3How easy to spot?

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Equipment Bortle 3 Bortle 4 Bortle 5
Naked eye Medium Hard+ Hard
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 Jul – Sep (peak: Aug)

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Visibility scores assume a 150 mm Newton at Bortle 4.

IC 5157
Hard+
Elliptical galaxy
Galaxy mag 12.54 2.7° Piscis Austrinus
Pi Gru
HIP 110478; Pi Gruis
Easy
Semi-regular variable, range 5.4–6.7
Variable Star mag 6.62 10.0° Grus
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