BQ Octantis (BQ Oct) is a variable star in the constellation Octans. It is an S-type star with an apparent magnitude of 6.82. It lies less than a quarter...
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Octantis is a solitary star in the Octans constellation that forms the pole star of the Southern Hemisphere. Its name is also written as σ Octantis,...
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is Nu Octantis, a spectral class K1 III giant star with an apparent magnitude 3.73. It is 63.3 ± 0.8 light-years distant from Earth. Beta Octantis is the...
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places it 1° 2′ 37" from the South Celestial Pole. An even closer star BQ Octantis of magnitude +6.9 lies 10' from the South Pole as of 2016. Although not...
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List of stars in Octans (redirect from Omicron Octantis)
112355 22h 45m 30.22s −88° 49′ 05.9″ 6.57 1.50 335 F0IV-V δ Sct variable BQ Oct BQ 110994 71348 14h 35m 29.51s −89° 46′ 18.2″ 6.88 1600 S5,1 slow irregular...
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