Eps

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Epsilon Volantis is not a star but a quadruple system in the southern Flying Fish, about 562 light-years away. The main pair —a B6 blue giant and a B8 companion— orbit each other in just over fourteen days. Six arcseconds away, another spectroscopic binary of two white A-type stars holds its own dance of a few days. Four suns, two couples, one apparent light.

Constellation: Volans
Apparent magnitude: 4.35
Distance: 562.4 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 121.983° · Dec -68.617°
Catalogue: HIP 39794 · HD 68520

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