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name: 66 Cet
constellation: Cet
created_by: editor.cs
created_date: 2022-01-21 17:00:00
updated_by: skybber
updated_date: 2022-01-23 18:19:37.211853
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the star is made up of two companions with a brightness of 5.7mag and 7.5mag. Their separation is 16.5 arc seconds. While in small telescopes it is a pair of yellow and blue components, in a 200 mm telescope the colour of the second component turns purple.