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Originally Posted by pgc hunter
I'm going to hunt this down, it better be as impressive as you say, otherwise you owe me 10 cases of beer  |
As my reputation is now at stake, here's some furthermore information, before you hang me from the yardarm...
X TrA is 5.6v magnitude. Spectral class is listed as C5 II, C6.4 - though later sources say C5,5 with the temperature of merely 2500K. B-V is an extraordinary +3.59 magnitude.
It is placed 15h 14.3m -70 deg 05' and lies 1.4 degrees SW of Gamma TrA (southern most star of the main southern triangle.)
One of the best references to this star (with several others) is found in Webb’s ‘
Celestial Objects for Common Telescopes’ Vol. 2. under ‘
Stars with Remarkable Spectra’.
This is probably the best Carbon star in the south - and is much brighter than EsB 365 near Beta Crucis.