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Astronomy
Constellations - Virgo - 67alp Vir (Spica)

 
Identification Data
Common NameSpica
ConstellationVirgo
Star Name67alp Vir
Skymap Number13250028
Henry Draper (HD) Number116658
Harvard Revised (HR) Number5056
SAO Number157923
Durchmusterung (DM) NumberSD-10 3672
Washington Double Stars (WDS) Number
13252-1110
Positional Data
Position and Proper Motion (PPM) Number227262
Right Ascension (RA) J200013h 25m 11.579s
Declination (Dec) J2000-11° 9' 40.759"
Position Uncertainty0.0083s
Proper Motion in RA (J2000)/cos(Dec)-0.00289
Proper Motion in Dec (J2000)-0.031766
Radial Velocity+001.0km s-1
Trigonometric Parallax+0.01244s
Trigonometric Parallax Uncertainty0.00086s
GCI Unit Vector in X (J2000)-0.914080
GCI Unit Vector in Y (J2000)-0.356353
GCI Unit Vector in Z (J2000)-0.193572
Galactic Longitude316.13°
Galactic Latitude
50.84°
Observational Data
Observed Visual Magnitude (V)1.06
Derived Visual Magnitude
Derived Visual Magnitude or Observed Visual Magnitude Uncertainty0.010
Observed B Magnitude0.92
Observed B-V Colour-0.136
Observed B Magnitude or (B-V) Magnitude Uncertainty0.014
Observed U Magnitude
Observed U-B Colour
Observed U Magnitude or (U-B) Magnitude Uncertainty
Observed Photovisual Magnitude1.2
Observed Photographic Magnitude1.0
Morgan Keenan (MK) Spectral TypeB1III-IV+B2V
One-Dimensional Spectral ClassB2
Position Angle32
Year of Observation1909. 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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