HD 61563

HD 61563 is a star in the constellation of Canis Minor. It is an optical binary with Procyon. It is a white giant crossing the Hertzsprung gap and barely visible to the naked eye due to its proximity to Procyon. It is a double star system, but its components haven't been individually resolved. The combined spectral type is A0III.

HD 61563
Observation data
Epoch       Equinox
Constellation Canis Minor
Right ascension +07h 40m 6.990s
Declination +05° 13 52.23
Apparent magnitude (V) 6.07
Characteristics
Spectral type A0III[1]
Other designations
BD+05°1742, HD 61563, HR 2950, SAO 115773[1]
Database references
SIMBADdata
A
B

References


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