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Constellations - Cassiopeia - 42 Cas

 
Identification Data
Common Name
ConstellationCassiopeia
Star Name42 Cas
Skymap Number1420145
Henry Draper (HD) Number10250
Harvard Revised (HR) Number480
SAO Number4470
Durchmusterung (DM) NumberBD+69 114
Washington Double Stars (WDS) Number

Positional Data
Position and Proper Motion (PPM) Number4775
Right Ascension (RA) J20001h 42m 55.863s
Declination (Dec) J2000+70° 37' 21.093"
Position Uncertainty0.0056s
Proper Motion in RA (J2000)/cos(Dec)+0.01540
Proper Motion in Dec (J2000)-0.013666
Radial Velocity+006.6km s-1
Trigonometric Parallax+0.01162s
Trigonometric Parallax Uncertainty0.00054s
GCI Unit Vector in X (J2000)0.298886
GCI Unit Vector in Y (J2000)0.144055
GCI Unit Vector in Z (J2000)0.943353
Galactic Longitude127.22°
Galactic Latitude
8.18°
Observational Data
Observed Visual Magnitude (V)5.18
Derived Visual Magnitude
Derived Visual Magnitude or Observed Visual Magnitude Uncertainty0.002
Observed B Magnitude5.15
Observed B-V Colour-0.025
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 Magnitude5.3
Observed Photographic Magnitude5.3
Morgan Keenan (MK) Spectral TypeB9V
One-Dimensional Spectral ClassA0
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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