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name: α Cir
constellation: Cir
created_by: editor.cs
created_date: 2022-01-21 17:00:00
updated_by: skybber
updated_date: 2022-01-24 19:47:09.072091
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the brightest star in the constellation has an apparent brightness of 3.4mag. At a distance of 15.7" lies the 8.6mag companion, which we can already distinguish with a 6 cm diameter telescope. The system lies at a distance of 54 light years.