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Astronomy
Constellations - Centaurus - 3 Cen

 
Identification Data
Common Name
ConstellationCentaurus
Star Name3 Cen
Skymap Number13510180
Henry Draper (HD) Number120710
Harvard Revised (HR) Number5211
SAO Number204917
Durchmusterung (DM) NumberCD-32 9676
Washington Double Stars (WDS) Number
13518-3300
Positional Data
Position and Proper Motion (PPM) Number
Right Ascension (RA) J200013h 51m 50.200s
Declination (Dec) J2000-32° 59' 40.883"
Position Uncertainty0.0108s
Proper Motion in RA (J2000)/cos(Dec)-0.00284
Proper Motion in Dec (J2000)-0.030167
Radial Velocity0.km s-1
Trigonometric Parallax+0.01096s
Trigonometric Parallax Uncertainty0.00088s
GCI Unit Vector in X (J2000)-0.740827
GCI Unit Vector in Y (J2000)-0.393228
GCI Unit Vector in Z (J2000)-0.544561
Galactic Longitude317.29°
Galactic Latitude
28.19°
Observational Data
Observed Visual Magnitude (V)5.98
Derived Visual Magnitude
Derived Visual Magnitude or Observed Visual Magnitude Uncertainty0.007
Observed B Magnitude5.95
Observed B-V Colour-0.034
Observed B Magnitude or (B-V) Magnitude Uncertainty0.007
Observed U Magnitude
Observed U-B Colour
Observed U Magnitude or (U-B) Magnitude Uncertainty
Observed Photovisual Magnitude6.2
Observed Photographic Magnitude6.1
Morgan Keenan (MK) Spectral TypeB8V
One-Dimensional Spectral ClassB5
Position Angle106
Year of Observation1986. 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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