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name: Dabih Major (β Cap)
constellation: Cap
created_by: 8mag
created_date: 2022-01-21 17:00:00
updated_by: skybber
updated_date: 2022-01-22 22:07:18.128340
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It's a yellow spectral binary of 3.3mag brightness with an invisible companion that orbits it in 1374 days, 650ly away. At a distance of 205" is the bluish companion Dabih Minor - β1, of 6mag brightness. It lies at a distance of 328 light years. The whole system is illustrated by a third, yellow 9mag star and, in larger telescopes, a faint pair of 13mag stars.