Identification Data |
Common Name | Menkent |
Constellation | Centaurus |
Star Name | 5the Cen |
Skymap Number | 14060121 |
Henry Draper (HD) Number | 123139 |
Harvard Revised (HR) Number | 5288 |
SAO Number | 205188 |
Durchmusterung (DM) Number | CD-35 9260 |
Washington Double Stars (WDS) Number
| 14067-3622
|
Positional Data |
Position and Proper Motion (PPM) Number | 292214 |
Right Ascension (RA) J2000 | 14h 6m 40.948s |
Declination (Dec) J2000 | -36° 22' 11.836" |
Position Uncertainty | 0.0082s |
Proper Motion in RA (J2000)/cos(Dec) | -0.04300 |
Proper Motion in Dec (J2000) | -0.517966 |
Radial Velocity | +001.3km s-1 |
Trigonometric Parallax | +0.05352s |
Trigonometric Parallax Uncertainty | 0.00079s |
GCI Unit Vector in X (J2000) | -0.685294 |
GCI Unit Vector in Y (J2000) | -0.422761 |
GCI Unit Vector in Z (J2000) | -0.592997 |
Galactic Longitude | 319.47° |
Galactic Latitude
| 24.08°
|
Observational Data |
Observed Visual Magnitude (V) | 2.08 |
Derived Visual Magnitude | |
Derived Visual Magnitude or Observed Visual Magnitude Uncertainty | 0.006 |
Observed B Magnitude | 3.10 |
Observed B-V Colour | +1.019 |
Observed B Magnitude or (B-V) Magnitude Uncertainty | 0.006 |
Observed U Magnitude | |
Observed U-B Colour | |
Observed U Magnitude or (U-B) Magnitude Uncertainty | |
Observed Photovisual Magnitude | 2.3 |
Observed Photographic Magnitude | 3.3 |
Morgan Keenan (MK) Spectral Type | K0-IIIb |
One-Dimensional Spectral Class | K0 |
Position Angle | 129 |
Year of Observation | 1897. AD |