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Astronomy
Constellations - Centaurus - alp2Cen

 
Identification Data
Common Name
ConstellationCentaurus
Star Namealp2Cen
Skymap Number14390136
Henry Draper (HD) Number128621
Harvard Revised (HR) Number5460
SAO Number252838
Durchmusterung (DM) NumberCP-60 5483
Washington Double Stars (WDS) Number
14396-6050
Positional Data
Position and Proper Motion (PPM) Number
Right Ascension (RA) J200014h 39m 35.080s
Declination (Dec) J2000-60° 50' 13.761"
Position Uncertainty0.2924s
Proper Motion in RA (J2000)/cos(Dec)-0.49265
Proper Motion in Dec (J2000)+0.953367
Radial Velocity-018.1km s-1
Trigonometric Parallax+0.74221s
Trigonometric Parallax Uncertainty0.00140s
GCI Unit Vector in X (J2000)-0.373855
GCI Unit Vector in Y (J2000)-0.312549
GCI Unit Vector in Z (J2000)-0.873238
Galactic Longitude315.78°
Galactic Latitude
-0.71°
Observational Data
Observed Visual Magnitude (V)1.35
Derived Visual Magnitude
Derived Visual Magnitude or Observed Visual Magnitude Uncertainty
Observed B Magnitude2.25
Observed B-V Colour+0.900
Observed B Magnitude or (B-V) Magnitude Uncertainty0.020
Observed U Magnitude
Observed U-B Colour
Observed U Magnitude or (U-B) Magnitude Uncertainty
Observed Photovisual Magnitude1.7
Observed Photographic Magnitude2.9
Morgan Keenan (MK) Spectral TypeK1V
One-Dimensional Spectral ClassK5
Position Angle215
Year of Observation1991.19 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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