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Constellations - Ophiuchus - 42the Oph

 
Identification Data
Common Name
ConstellationOphiuchus
Star Name42the Oph
Skymap Number17220004
Henry Draper (HD) Number157056
Harvard Revised (HR) Number6453
SAO Number185320
Durchmusterung (DM) NumberCD-2413292
Washington Double Stars (WDS) Number

Positional Data
Position and Proper Motion (PPM) Number266753
Right Ascension (RA) J200017h 22m 0.578s
Declination (Dec) J2000-24° 59' 58.364"
Position Uncertainty0.0075s
Proper Motion in RA (J2000)/cos(Dec)-0.00065
Proper Motion in Dec (J2000)-0.023666
Radial Velocity-002.0km s-1
Trigonometric Parallax+0.00579s
Trigonometric Parallax Uncertainty0.00069s
GCI Unit Vector in X (J2000)-0.149547
GCI Unit Vector in Y (J2000)-0.893888
GCI Unit Vector in Z (J2000)-0.422611
Galactic Longitude0.47°
Galactic Latitude
6.55°
Observational Data
Observed Visual Magnitude (V)3.26
Derived Visual Magnitude
Derived Visual Magnitude or Observed Visual Magnitude Uncertainty0.002
Observed B Magnitude3.07
Observed B-V Colour-0.187
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 Magnitude3.4
Observed Photographic Magnitude3.2
Morgan Keenan (MK) Spectral TypeB2IV
One-Dimensional Spectral ClassB3
Position Angle234
Year of Observation1992. 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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