Upsilon Octantis

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title: Upsilon Octantis
text: Upsilon Octantis, Latinized from υ Octantis, is a solitary star in the southern circumpolar constellation Octans. It is faintly visible to the naked eye with an apparent magnitude of 5.75 and is located 343 light years away from the Solar System. However, it is receding with a heliocentric radial velocity of 19 km/s. Upsilon Oct has a stellar classification of K0 III, indicating that it is a red giant. At present it has 2.12 times the mass of the Sun but has expanded to 10.3 times its girth. It
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description: Star in the constellation of Octans
original url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upsilon_Octantis
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date modified: 2023-07-28T00:00:46Z
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