R Octantis
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r-octantis-266-834774
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R Octantis
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R Octantis, also known as HD 40857, is a solitary, red hued variable star located in the southern circumpolar constellation Octans. It has an apparent magnitude that varies in-between 6.4 and 13.2 within 405 days. At is maximum, it is barely visible to the naked eye. The object is located relatively far at a distance of about 1,900 light years based on parallax measurements from Gaia DR3, but is receding with a heliocentric radial velocity of 46 km/s. R Octantis has been known to have a peculiar
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Variable star in the constellation Octans
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R_Octantis
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date modified:
2024-02-06T15:15:29Z
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13
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