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Khambalia — Star in Virgo

HIP 69974; Lambda Virginis; 100 Virginis

Magnitude 4.5m Star Virgo (Vir) Visible
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1Physical Properties

Magnitude 4.52
Spectral Type A2m
Star Color White (B-V 0.13)
Distance 192 ly

2Position & Identifiers

RA 14h 19m 06.6s
Dec -13° 22' 16.0"
Constellation Virgo (Vir)
HR 5359
HIP 69974
HD 125337
SAO 158489
Bayer Lambda
Flamsteed 100 Vir
SIMBAD Wikipedia

3How easy to spot?

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Equipment Bortle 3 Bortle 4 Bortle 5
Naked eye Medium+ 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 Mar – May (peak: Apr)

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14Stellar Notes

Combined mag., colors. Occultation sep. 0.006", mag. diff. 1.4B. Possibly triple star with SB.
5.3, 5.4v, sep. 0.0002", 206.64d, K1 24.85, K2 29.51k/s, V0 -6.4k/s, m1sin3i 1.85, m2sin3i | 1.56. Alternate 1.9302d orbit has been refuted. vsini both components 16k/s.
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Nearby in the Sky

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Visibility scores assume a 150 mm Newton at Bortle 4.

ET Vir
Easy
Cool red giant
Star mag 4.91 3.5° Virgo
NGC 5726
Hard
Elliptical galaxy
Galaxy mag 13.12 7.7° Libra
NGC 5634
Easy
Globular cluster — dense ball of ancient stars
Globular Cluster mag 9.6 7.8° Virgo
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