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WZ Doradus — Star in Dorado

Star Dorado (Dor) Visible
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1Physical Properties

Magnitude 5.20
Variable Type Semi-Regular Variable
Spectral Type M3III
Star Color Red (B-V 1.65)
Distance 181 ly

2Position & Identifiers

RA 05h 07m 34.0s
Dec -63° 23' 59.0"
Constellation Dorado (Dor)
HR 1695
HIP 23840
HD 33684
Variable ID WZ Dor
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 Nov – Jan (peak: Dec)

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13Stellar Notes

SRb, amp. 0.12:V, 40d.
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Relativistic Travel

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Nearby in the Sky

Other targets within a few degrees — pan your scope a little and keep exploring.

Visibility scores assume a 150 mm Newton at Bortle 4.

NGC 1831
Medium+
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 11.0 1.5° Dorado
NGC 1947
Hard+
Elliptical galaxy
Galaxy mag 10.8 2.2° Dorado
NGC 1783
Medium+
Globular cluster — dense ball of ancient stars
Globular Cluster mag 11.0 2.8° Dorado
Beta Dor
Medium
Pulsating variable, period 9.8d
Variable Star mag 3.76 3.1° Dorado
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