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Astronomy
Constellations - Centaurus - mu Cen

 
Identification Data
Common Name
ConstellationCentaurus
Star Namemu Cen
Skymap Number13490099
Henry Draper (HD) Number120324
Harvard Revised (HR) Number5193
SAO Number224471
Durchmusterung (DM) NumberCD-41 8172
Washington Double Stars (WDS) Number
13496-4228
Positional Data
Position and Proper Motion (PPM) Number318898
Right Ascension (RA) J200013h 49m 36.989s
Declination (Dec) J2000-42° 28' 25.434"
Position Uncertainty0.0066s
Proper Motion in RA (J2000)/cos(Dec)-0.00216
Proper Motion in Dec (J2000)-0.019266
Radial Velocity+009.1km s-1
Trigonometric Parallax+0.00619s
Trigonometric Parallax Uncertainty0.00071s
GCI Unit Vector in X (J2000)-0.654817
GCI Unit Vector in Y (J2000)-0.339484
GCI Unit Vector in Z (J2000)-0.675252
Galactic Longitude314.24°
Galactic Latitude
19.12°
Observational Data
Observed Visual Magnitude (V)3.47
Derived Visual Magnitude
Derived Visual Magnitude or Observed Visual Magnitude Uncertainty0.003
Observed B Magnitude3.28
Observed B-V Colour-0.188
Observed B Magnitude or (B-V) Magnitude Uncertainty0.004
Observed U Magnitude
Observed U-B Colour
Observed U Magnitude or (U-B) Magnitude Uncertainty
Observed Photovisual Magnitude3.3
Observed Photographic Magnitude3.1
Morgan Keenan (MK) Spectral TypeB2IV-Ve
One-Dimensional Spectral ClassB2
Position Angle128
Year of Observation1925. 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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