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Astronomy
Constellations - Centaurus - lam Cen

 
Identification Data
Common Name
ConstellationCentaurus
Star Namelam Cen
Skymap Number11350108
Henry Draper (HD) Number100841
Harvard Revised (HR) Number4467
SAO Number251472
Durchmusterung (DM) NumberCP-62 2127
Washington Double Stars (WDS) Number
11358-6301
Positional Data
Position and Proper Motion (PPM) Number358820
Right Ascension (RA) J200011h 35m 46.884s
Declination (Dec) J2000-63° 1' 11.430"
Position Uncertainty0.0066s
Proper Motion in RA (J2000)/cos(Dec)-0.00497
Proper Motion in Dec (J2000)-0.006966
Radial Velocity-001.4km s-1
Trigonometric Parallax+0.00796s
Trigonometric Parallax Uncertainty0.00052s
GCI Unit Vector in X (J2000)-0.451151
GCI Unit Vector in Y (J2000)0.047853
GCI Unit Vector in Z (J2000)-0.891164
Galactic Longitude294.48°
Galactic Latitude
-1.40°
Observational Data
Observed Visual Magnitude (V)3.12
Derived Visual Magnitude
Derived Visual Magnitude or Observed Visual Magnitude Uncertainty0.002
Observed B Magnitude3.08
Observed B-V Colour-0.039
Observed B Magnitude or (B-V) Magnitude Uncertainty0.002
Observed U Magnitude
Observed U-B Colour
Observed U Magnitude or (U-B) Magnitude Uncertainty
Observed Photovisual Magnitude3.3
Observed Photographic Magnitude3.3
Morgan Keenan (MK) Spectral TypeB9III
One-Dimensional Spectral ClassB9
Position Angle316
Year of Observation1944. AD

Data Source
SKY2000 - Master Star Catalog - Star Catalog Database, Version 2
    Sande C.B., Warren Jr. W.H., Tracewell D.A., Home A.T., Miller A.C.
    (Goddard Space Flight Center, Flight Dynamics Division (1998))

 
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