| absmag_v =
}}{{Starbox detail
| source = [11]
| component1 = Aa
| mass = 1.7
| radius = 2.00
| temperature = 6,030
| luminosity = 4.7
| age_myr = 7.1
| component2 = Ba/Bb
| mass2 = 0.18
| radius2 = 1.13
| temperature2 = 3,130
| luminosity2 = 0.11
| age_myr2 = 3.0
}}{{Starbox catalog
| names=DI Cha, HIP 54365, CD−76°486, WDS J11073-7738, AAVSO 1104-77
}}{{Starbox reference
|Simbad=DI+Char
}}{{Starbox end}}DI Chamaeleontis, also known as Hen 3-593 or HIP 54365, is a quadruple star system in the constellation Chamaeleon. The system is roughly 700 light years from Earth.
DI Cha is a variable star of the T Tauri type, young stellar objects just approaching the main sequence. It varies erratically between visual magnitudes 10.65 and 10.74.[7] Although it is visually faint, it was noticed because of the prominent emission lines in its spectrum.[13]
In 1977, DI Cha was observed to have a much fainter companion.[14] The separation was later measured at 4.6", approximately 644 astronomical units (AU).[15] The B component was discovered to be a pair of star separated by only 0.066", about 10 AU,[16] both with spectral type M5.5.[17] Finally, the variable primary star was found to have a faint companion 0.2" away, of spectral type M6.[17]
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