HD 103079
{{Short description|Star in the constellation Musca}}
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| name = HD 103079
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{{Location mark
|image=Musca constellation map.svg|alt=|float=center|width=280
|label=|position=right
|mark=Red circle.svg|mark_width=10|mark_link=HD 103079
|x=680|y=225
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|caption=Location of HD 103079 (circled)
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{{Starbox observe
| epoch = J2000
| constell = Musca
| dec = {{DEC|-65|12|21.2653}}
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{{Starbox astrometry
| parallax = 9.00
| p_error = 0.47
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{{Starbox catalog
| names = CPD-64°1724, CCDM J11519-6512AB, GC 16241, GSC 08981-04411, HIP 57851, HR 4549, HD 103079, SAO 251617, WDS J11519-6512AB
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{{Starbox reference
| Simbad = HD+103079
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HD 103079 is a class B4V (blue main-sequence) star in the constellation Musca. Its apparent magnitude is 4.89 and it is approximately 362 light years away from Earth based on parallax. It is a member of the Lower Centaurus–Crux subgroup of the Scorpius–Centaurus association, a group of predominantly hot blue-white stars that share a common origin and proper motion across the galaxy.{{cite journal|title=A Hipparcos Census of Nearby OB Associations|year=1999|journal=Astronomical Journal|volume=117|issue=1|pages=354–399|bibcode=1999AJ....117..354D|doi=10.1086/300682|arxiv = astro-ph/9809227 |s2cid=16098861 |last1=De Zeeuw |first1=P. T. |last2=Hoogerwerf |first2=R. |last3=De Bruijne |first3=J. H. J. |last4=Brown |first4=A. G. A. |last5=Blaauw |first5=A. }}
It has one reported companion with a magnitude of 7.41 and separation 1.549".{{cite journal | bibcode=2008MNRAS.389..869E | doi=10.1111/j.1365-2966.2008.13596.x | arxiv = 0806.2878 | title=A catalogue of multiplicity among bright stellar systems | journal=Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society | volume=389 | issue=2 | pages=869 | year=2008 | last1=Eggleton | first1=P. P | last2=Tokovinin | first2=A. A | doi-access=free | s2cid=14878976 }} [http://vizier.u-strasbg.fr/viz-bin/VizieR-4?-source=J/MNRAS/389/869/table1&mHR=4549 Vizier catalog entry]{{cite journal | bibcode=2001AJ....122.3466M | doi=10.1086/323920 | title=The 2001 US Naval Observatory Double Star CD-ROM. I. The Washington Double Star Catalog | journal=The Astronomical Journal | volume=122 | issue=6 | pages=3466 | year=2001 | last1=Mason | first1=Brian D | last2=Wycoff | first2=Gary L | last3=Hartkopf | first3=William I | last4=Douglass | first4=Geoffrey G | last5=Worley | first5=Charles E | doi-access=free }} [http://vizier.u-strasbg.fr/viz-bin/VizieR-4?-source=B/wds/wds&WDS=11519-6512 Vizier catalog entry]
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Category:B-type main-sequence stars
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