czsky/en/star/hr8034.md

name	constellation	created_by	created_date	updated_by	updated_date
ε Equ	Equ	editor.cs	2023-11-05 16:00:15.161568	editor.cs	2023-11-05 16:00:15.161572

A binary star with a magnitude of 6mag at a separation of 0.8" and a true orbit of approximately 101.4 years. At low magnification, they merge into one bright yellow star, which nicely contrasts with a blue star of magnitude 7mag in the same field of view (10.7"). Even at 200x magnification in a 200mm telescope, the two main components appear as an elongated line. The brighter of these two components is actually a physical binary star with an orbital period of 100 years, but its components are too close together to be separated by a small telescope.