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490 B

name constellation created_by created_date updated_by updated_date
μ CMa CMa 8mag 2022-01-21 17:00:00 skybber 2022-01-22 21:48:56.725849

in a small telescope, an unevenly bright pair of stars in contact with each other, a sparkling contrast of orange and blue. In a larger telescope, we can separate them with 175x magnification. The yellow component has a brightness of 5.3mag, the blue component of 8.6mag lies 3" apart. The two 10mag companions are a little further away.