Τ8_Serpentis

Tau<sup>8</sup> Serpentis

Tau8 Serpentis

Star in the constellation Serpens

Tau8 Serpentis, Latinized from τ8 Serpentis, is an A-type main sequence star in the constellation of Serpens, approximately 320 light-years from the Earth.[1] It has an apparent visual magnitude of approximately 6.144.[1] Although it was observed to be binary by speckle interferometry in 1985, subsequent observations show no sign of binarity, and the detection appears to have been spurious.[5]

For other stars with this Bayer designation, see Tau Serpentis.
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References

  1. [1]
    * 26 Ser -- Star, database entry, SIMBAD. Accessed on line September 19, 2008.
  2. [2]
    HR 5858, database entry, The Bright Star Catalogue, 5th Revised Ed. (Preliminary Version), D. Hoffleit and W. H. Warren, Jr., CDS ID V/50. Accessed on line September 19, 2008.
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    Anderson, E.; Francis, Ch. (2012), "XHIP: An extended hipparcos compilation", Astronomy Letters, 38 (5): 331, arXiv:1108.4971, Bibcode:2012AstL...38..331A, doi:10.1134/S1063773712050015, S2CID 119257644.
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    HD 140729, database entry, Catalog of Apparent Diameters and Absolute Radii of Stars (CADARS), 3rd edition, L. E. Pasinetti-Fracassini, L. Pastori, S. Covino, and A. Pozzi, CDS ID II/224. Accessed on line September 19, 2008.
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    ICCD speckle observations of binary stars. X - A further survey for duplicity among the bright stars, Harold A. McAlister, Brian D. Mason, William I. Hartkopf, and Michael M. Shara, Astronomical Journal 106, #4 (October 1993), pp. 1639–1655, doi:10.1086/116753, Bibcode:1993AJ....106.1639M.


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