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Astronomy
Constellations - Centaurus - gam Cen

 
Identification Data
Common Name
ConstellationCentaurus
Star Namegam Cen
Skymap Number12410074
Henry Draper (HD) Number110304
Harvard Revised (HR) Number4819
SAO Number223603
Durchmusterung (DM) NumberCD-48 7597
Washington Double Stars (WDS) Number
12415-4858
Positional Data
Position and Proper Motion (PPM) Number317697
Right Ascension (RA) J200012h 41m 31.038s
Declination (Dec) J2000-48° 57' 35.598"
Position Uncertainty0.0097s
Proper Motion in RA (J2000)/cos(Dec)-0.01902
Proper Motion in Dec (J2000)-0.001267
Radial Velocity-005.5km s-1
Trigonometric Parallax+0.02501s
Trigonometric Parallax Uncertainty0.00101s
GCI Unit Vector in X (J2000)-0.645843
GCI Unit Vector in Y (J2000)-0.118294
GCI Unit Vector in Z (J2000)-0.754250
Galactic Longitude301.26°
Galactic Latitude
13.88°
Observational Data
Observed Visual Magnitude (V)2.18
Derived Visual Magnitude
Derived Visual Magnitude or Observed Visual Magnitude Uncertainty0.009
Observed B Magnitude2.20
Observed B-V Colour+0.017
Observed B Magnitude or (B-V) Magnitude Uncertainty0.011
Observed U Magnitude
Observed U-B Colour
Observed U Magnitude or (U-B) Magnitude Uncertainty
Observed Photovisual Magnitude2.4
Observed Photographic Magnitude2.4
Morgan Keenan (MK) Spectral TypeA1IV
One-Dimensional Spectral ClassA0
Position Angle
Year of Observation1987. 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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