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Astronomy
Constellations - Octans - rho Oct

 
Identification Data
Common Name
ConstellationOctans
Star Namerho Oct
Skymap Number15430087
Henry Draper (HD) Number137333
Harvard Revised (HR) Number5729
SAO Number258731
Durchmusterung (DM) NumberCP-84 510
Washington Double Stars (WDS) Number

Positional Data
Position and Proper Motion (PPM) Number377875
Right Ascension (RA) J200015h 43m 16.929s
Declination (Dec) J2000-84° 27' 54.983"
Position Uncertainty0.0056s
Proper Motion in RA (J2000)/cos(Dec)+0.09470
Proper Motion in Dec (J2000)+0.096866
Radial Velocity-011.0km s-1
Trigonometric Parallax+0.01502s
Trigonometric Parallax Uncertainty0.00051s
GCI Unit Vector in X (J2000)-0.054184
GCI Unit Vector in Y (J2000)-0.079791
GCI Unit Vector in Z (J2000)-0.995338
Galactic Longitude307.03°
Galactic Latitude
-23.02°
Observational Data
Observed Visual Magnitude (V)5.57
Derived Visual Magnitude
Derived Visual Magnitude or Observed Visual Magnitude Uncertainty0.003
Observed B Magnitude5.68
Observed B-V Colour+0.114
Observed B Magnitude or (B-V) Magnitude Uncertainty0.004
Observed U Magnitude
Observed U-B Colour
Observed U Magnitude or (U-B) Magnitude Uncertainty
Observed Photovisual Magnitude5.7
Observed Photographic Magnitude
Morgan Keenan (MK) Spectral TypeA2V
One-Dimensional Spectral ClassA2
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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