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Astronomy
Constellations - Centaurus - psi Cen

 
Identification Data
Common Name
ConstellationCentaurus
Star Namepsi Cen
Skymap Number14200075
Henry Draper (HD) Number125473
Harvard Revised (HR) Number5367
SAO Number205453
Durchmusterung (DM) NumberCD-37 9336
Washington Double Stars (WDS) Number
14206-3753
Positional Data
Position and Proper Motion (PPM) Number292510
Right Ascension (RA) J200014h 20m 33.431s
Declination (Dec) J2000-37° 53' 7.061"
Position Uncertainty0.0085s
Proper Motion in RA (J2000)/cos(Dec)-0.00545
Proper Motion in Dec (J2000)-0.011466
Radial Velocity-005.0km s-1
Trigonometric Parallax+0.01319s
Trigonometric Parallax Uncertainty0.00086s
GCI Unit Vector in X (J2000)-0.645406
GCI Unit Vector in Y (J2000)-0.454261
GCI Unit Vector in Z (J2000)-0.614083
Galactic Longitude321.73°
Galactic Latitude
21.71°
Observational Data
Observed Visual Magnitude (V)4.05
Derived Visual Magnitude
Derived Visual Magnitude or Observed Visual Magnitude Uncertainty0.002
Observed B Magnitude4.02
Observed B-V Colour-0.029
Observed B Magnitude or (B-V) Magnitude Uncertainty0.002
Observed U Magnitude
Observed U-B Colour
Observed U Magnitude or (U-B) Magnitude Uncertainty
Observed Photovisual Magnitude4.2
Observed Photographic Magnitude4.2
Morgan Keenan (MK) Spectral TypeA0IV
One-Dimensional Spectral ClassA0
Position Angle87
Year of Observation1931. 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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