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Astronomy
Constellations - Cygnus - 48 Cyg

 
Identification Data
Common Name
ConstellationCygnus
Star Name48 Cyg
Skymap Number20370131
Henry Draper (HD) Number196606
Harvard Revised (HR) Number7885
SAO Number70287
Durchmusterung (DM) NumberBD+31 4159
Washington Double Stars (WDS) Number
20375+3134
Positional Data
Position and Proper Motion (PPM) Number85268
Right Ascension (RA) J200020h 37m 31.778s
Declination (Dec) J2000+31° 34' 21.143"
Position Uncertainty0.0049s
Proper Motion in RA (J2000)/cos(Dec)+0.00070
Proper Motion in Dec (J2000)-0.000666
Radial Velocity-019.0km s-1
Trigonometric Parallax+0.00416s
Trigonometric Parallax Uncertainty0.00058s
GCI Unit Vector in X (J2000)0.540574
GCI Unit Vector in Y (J2000)-0.658518
GCI Unit Vector in Z (J2000)0.523578
Galactic Longitude72.93°
Galactic Latitude
-5.73°
Observational Data
Observed Visual Magnitude (V)6.32
Derived Visual Magnitude
Derived Visual Magnitude or Observed Visual Magnitude Uncertainty0.003
Observed B Magnitude6.23
Observed B-V Colour-0.089
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 Magnitude6.2
Observed Photographic Magnitude6.2
Morgan Keenan (MK) Spectral TypeB8IIIn
One-Dimensional Spectral ClassA0
Position Angle176
Year of Observation1927. 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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