Sentences with phrase «magnitude star named»
Tucked next to one leg of the W lies a modest 5th - magnitude star named HD 219134 that has been hiding a secret.
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It's orbited by a ninth - magnitude star, barely visible with binoculars, that goes by the catchy name of HDE226868.
For instance, two second - magnitude stars, Alpha Pavonis and Epsilon Carinae, were assigned the proper names Peacock and Avior respectively in 1937 by Her Majesty's Nautical Almanac Office during the creation of The Air Almanac, a navigational almanac for the Royal Air Force.
Located in a South Polar region of the sky that lacks bright stars above 5th magnitude and other interesting objects, Constellation Mensa was named by the Abbé [Abbot] Nicholas Louis de La Caille (1713 - 1762).
Named after the nebula that surrounds it — the Peony Nebula — the Peony Star is a Wolf - Rayet star with an absolute magnitude of -1Star is a Wolf - Rayet star with an absolute magnitude of -1star with an absolute magnitude of -11.5.