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BF Antliae

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BF Antliae (HD 86301) is a class A4V (white main-sequence) star in the constellation Antlia. Its apparent magnitude is 6.32 and it is approximately 520 light years away based on parallax. It is a Delta Scuti variable that varies by 0.01 of a magnitude. These are short period (six hours at most) pulsating stars that have been used as standard candles and as subjects to study astroseismology.

It shines with a luminosity approximately 57 times that of the Sun and has a surface temperature of 7715 K.

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