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Astronomy
Constellations - Centaurus - kap Cen

 
Identification Data
Common Name
ConstellationCentaurus
Star Namekap Cen
Skymap Number14590026
Henry Draper (HD) Number132200
Harvard Revised (HR) Number5576
SAO Number225344
Durchmusterung (DM) NumberCD-41 9342
Washington Double Stars (WDS) Number
14592-4206
Positional Data
Position and Proper Motion (PPM) Number320103
Right Ascension (RA) J200014h 59m 9.684s
Declination (Dec) J2000-42° 6' 15.073"
Position Uncertainty0.0085s
Proper Motion in RA (J2000)/cos(Dec)-0.00160
Proper Motion in Dec (J2000)-0.021367
Radial Velocity+008.0km s-1
Trigonometric Parallax+0.00605s
Trigonometric Parallax Uncertainty0.00073s
GCI Unit Vector in X (J2000)-0.526538
GCI Unit Vector in Y (J2000)-0.522698
GCI Unit Vector in Z (J2000)-0.670481
Galactic Longitude326.88°
Galactic Latitude
14.75°
Observational Data
Observed Visual Magnitude (V)3.13
Derived Visual Magnitude
Derived Visual Magnitude or Observed Visual Magnitude Uncertainty0.002
Observed B Magnitude2.95
Observed B-V Colour-0.179
Observed B Magnitude or (B-V) Magnitude Uncertainty0.003
Observed U Magnitude
Observed U-B Colour
Observed U Magnitude or (U-B) Magnitude Uncertainty
Observed Photovisual Magnitude3.4
Observed Photographic Magnitude3.2
Morgan Keenan (MK) Spectral TypeB2IV
One-Dimensional Spectral ClassB3
Position Angle82
Year of Observation1960. 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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