Features of Interest ~ Zeta Cancri Star
Published on 19 Mar 2010 at 00:00.
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Friday 19th March 2010 @ all nights
Features of Interest :- Zeta Cancri Star
Zeta Cancri (Tegmine) star is a lovely triple of yellow stars through a small telescope from 2-inch, it is seen to consist of two stars – magnitude 5.1 and 6.2.
An aperture larger than 6-inch (150mm) telescope will see the brighter component has a much closer companion of magnitude 6.1 which orbits every 60 years.
From 12-inch telescopes that A-B pair (see the diagram above) appears oblong but it is not separted stars.
(Visible tonight till 20th April 2010)
See the SkyMap.
