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Astronomy
Constellations - Crux - the2Cru

 
Identification Data
Common Name
ConstellationCrux
Star Namethe2Cru
Skymap Number12040050
Henry Draper (HD) Number104841
Harvard Revised (HR) Number4603
SAO Number251717
Durchmusterung (DM) NumberCP-62 2561
Washington Double Stars (WDS) Number

Positional Data
Position and Proper Motion (PPM) Number359166
Right Ascension (RA) J200012h 4m 19.215s
Declination (Dec) J2000-63° 9' 56.559"
Position Uncertainty0.0057s
Proper Motion in RA (J2000)/cos(Dec)-0.00254
Proper Motion in Dec (J2000)0.000066
Radial Velocity+016.3km s-1
Trigonometric Parallax+0.00433s
Trigonometric Parallax Uncertainty0.00053s
GCI Unit Vector in X (J2000)-0.451331
GCI Unit Vector in Y (J2000)-0.008509
GCI Unit Vector in Z (J2000)-0.892316
Galactic Longitude297.65°
Galactic Latitude
-0.78°
Observational Data
Observed Visual Magnitude (V)4.73
Derived Visual Magnitude
Derived Visual Magnitude or Observed Visual Magnitude Uncertainty0.003
Observed B Magnitude4.63
Observed B-V Colour-0.096
Observed B Magnitude or (B-V) Magnitude Uncertainty0.003
Observed U Magnitude
Observed U-B Colour
Observed U Magnitude or (U-B) Magnitude Uncertainty
Observed Photovisual Magnitude5.0
Observed Photographic Magnitude4.8
Morgan Keenan (MK) Spectral TypeB2IV
One-Dimensional Spectral ClassB3
Position Angle
Year of Observation 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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