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Proper Name	None
Bayer Designation	Kappa Reticuli
Flamsteed Number	None
HR (BSC)	1083
HD	22001
Constellation	Reticulum
Right Ascension	3h 29m 23s
Declination	-62° 56' 15"
Distance	71 light years 22 parsecs
Magnitude	Apparent: +4.7 Absolute: +3.0
Spectral Class	F5IV Bright Yellow Subgiant (primary star)
Optimum Visibility	November / December (Usually visible from southern latitudes)
Notes	A relatively faint binary star in Reticulum, with a combined visual magnitude of +4.7. The stars that make up this system are bright yellow and orange in colour, and are separated by a distance of some 1,180 AU (or about forty times the distance of Neptune from the Sun).

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