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Constellations - Fornax - nu For

 
Identification Data
Common Name
ConstellationFornax
Star Namenu For
Skymap Number2040056
Henry Draper (HD) Number12767
Harvard Revised (HR) Number612
SAO Number167532
Durchmusterung (DM) NumberCD-29 706
Washington Double Stars (WDS) Number

Positional Data
Position and Proper Motion (PPM) Number244617
Right Ascension (RA) J20002h 4m 29.438s
Declination (Dec) J2000-29° 17' 48.548"
Position Uncertainty0.0071s
Proper Motion in RA (J2000)/cos(Dec)+0.00096
Proper Motion in Dec (J2000)+0.008566
Radial Velocity+018.5km s-1
Trigonometric Parallax+0.00903s
Trigonometric Parallax Uncertainty0.00078s
GCI Unit Vector in X (J2000)0.746569
GCI Unit Vector in Y (J2000)0.450762
GCI Unit Vector in Z (J2000)-0.489334
Galactic Longitude224.87°
Galactic Latitude
-73.78°
Observational Data
Observed Visual Magnitude (V)4.70
Derived Visual Magnitude
Derived Visual Magnitude or Observed Visual Magnitude Uncertainty0.003
Observed B Magnitude4.55
Observed B-V Colour-0.148
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 Magnitude4.7
Observed Photographic Magnitude4.7
Morgan Keenan (MK) Spectral TypeB9.5pSi
One-Dimensional Spectral ClassA0
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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