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name: ε Hya
constellation: Hya
created_by: 8mag
created_date: 2022-01-21 17:00:00
updated_by: skybber
updated_date: 2022-02-06 11:41:42.323586
---
the main component with a brightness of 3.8mag has a guide of 6.9mag at a distance of 2.8". To resolve this double star, we need a telescope with a lens diameter of at least 8 cm. The components orbit each other in 870 years and lie at a distance of 129ly.