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Constellations - Cetus - 56 Cet

 
Identification Data
Common Name
ConstellationCetus
Star Name56 Cet
Skymap Number1560096
Henry Draper (HD) Number11930
Harvard Revised (HR) Number565
SAO Number167416
Durchmusterung (DM) NumberCD-23 721
Washington Double Stars (WDS) Number

Positional Data
Position and Proper Motion (PPM) Number244461
Right Ascension (RA) J20001h 56m 40.198s
Declination (Dec) J2000-22° 31' 36.426"
Position Uncertainty0.0083s
Proper Motion in RA (J2000)/cos(Dec)+0.00449
Proper Motion in Dec (J2000)-0.030266
Radial Velocity+026.7km s-1
Trigonometric Parallax+0.00818s
Trigonometric Parallax Uncertainty0.00085s
GCI Unit Vector in X (J2000)0.806574
GCI Unit Vector in Y (J2000)0.450179
GCI Unit Vector in Z (J2000)-0.383115
Galactic Longitude199.21°
Galactic Latitude
-74.52°
Observational Data
Observed Visual Magnitude (V)4.90
Derived Visual Magnitude
Derived Visual Magnitude or Observed Visual Magnitude Uncertainty0.003
Observed B Magnitude6.34
Observed B-V Colour+1.435
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 Magnitude4.5
Observed Photographic Magnitude
Morgan Keenan (MK) Spectral TypeK4III
One-Dimensional Spectral ClassK5
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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