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Its story
Iota Microscopii is a yellow-white type-F star inhabiting the Microscope, one of the dimmest constellations of the southern sky, drawn by Lacaille in tribute to the instruments of the laboratory. Its distance, around 116 light-years, makes it a relatively close neighbour whose light set out for us just as the cinematograph was beginning to spread across Europe.
- Constellation
- Microscopium
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.11
- Distance
- 115.6 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 312.121° · Dec -43.989°
- Catalogue
- HIP 102693 · HD 197937
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