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Astronomy
Constellations - Centaurus - 2 Cen

 
Identification Data
Common Name
ConstellationCentaurus
Star Name2 Cen
Skymap Number13490067
Henry Draper (HD) Number120323
Harvard Revised (HR) Number5192
SAO Number204875
Durchmusterung (DM) NumberCD-33 9358
Washington Double Stars (WDS) Number

Positional Data
Position and Proper Motion (PPM) Number291859
Right Ascension (RA) J200013h 49m 26.721s
Declination (Dec) J2000-34° 27' 2.793"
Position Uncertainty0.0096s
Proper Motion in RA (J2000)/cos(Dec)-0.00344
Proper Motion in Dec (J2000)-0.059966
Radial Velocity+040.7km s-1
Trigonometric Parallax+0.01839s
Trigonometric Parallax Uncertainty0.00074s
GCI Unit Vector in X (J2000)-0.732360
GCI Unit Vector in Y (J2000)-0.378992
GCI Unit Vector in Z (J2000)-0.565698
Galactic Longitude316.33°
Galactic Latitude
26.91°
Observational Data
Observed Visual Magnitude (V)4.29
Derived Visual Magnitude
Derived Visual Magnitude or Observed Visual Magnitude Uncertainty0.007
Observed B Magnitude5.62
Observed B-V Colour+1.332
Observed B Magnitude or (B-V) Magnitude Uncertainty0.008
Observed U Magnitude
Observed U-B Colour
Observed U Magnitude or (U-B) Magnitude Uncertainty
Observed Photovisual Magnitude4.4
Observed Photographic Magnitude
Morgan Keenan (MK) Spectral TypeM4.5III
One-Dimensional Spectral ClassM0
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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