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name: μ CMa
constellation: CMa
created_by: editor.cs
created_date: 2022-01-21 17:00:00
updated_by: skybber
updated_date: 2022-01-22 21:48:56.725849
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 in a small telescope, an unevenly bright pair of stars in contact with each other, a sparkling contrast of orange and blue. In a larger telescope, we can separate them with 175x magnification. The yellow component has a brightness of 5.3mag, the blue component of 8.6mag lies 3" apart. The two 10mag companions are a little further away.