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24 April 2022 at 2:54 pm
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Robin Leadbeater
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Based on the notes in the WDS it is considered an optical pair which I take to mean it is not a binary but just two stars “passing in the night”
http://vizier.u-strasbg.fr/viz-bin/VizieR?-6N&-out.form=H0&://*&-source%3DB/wds/notes&WDS%3D%3D%3D05597%2b3713
Cheers
Robin
EDIT: it appears the link has broken somewhere. I’ll leave you to navigate to it via WDS
- This reply was modified 2 years, 8 months ago by Robin Leadbeater.
- This reply was modified 2 years, 8 months ago by Robin Leadbeater.