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Astronomy
Constellations - Cygnus - 51 Cyg

 
Identification Data
Common Name
ConstellationCygnus
Star Name51 Cyg
Skymap Number20420051
Henry Draper (HD) Number197511
Harvard Revised (HR) Number7929
SAO Number32809
Durchmusterung (DM) NumberBD+49 3353
Washington Double Stars (WDS) Number
20422+5020
Positional Data
Position and Proper Motion (PPM) Number38783
Right Ascension (RA) J200020h 42m 12.627s
Declination (Dec) J2000+50° 20' 24.107"
Position Uncertainty0.0083s
Proper Motion in RA (J2000)/cos(Dec)+0.00012
Proper Motion in Dec (J2000)+0.003766
Radial Velocity-003.3km s-1
Trigonometric Parallax+0.00353s
Trigonometric Parallax Uncertainty0.00056s
GCI Unit Vector in X (J2000)0.414943
GCI Unit Vector in Y (J2000)-0.484933
GCI Unit Vector in Z (J2000)0.769846
Galactic Longitude88.38°
Galactic Latitude
4.99°
Observational Data
Observed Visual Magnitude (V)5.41
Derived Visual Magnitude
Derived Visual Magnitude or Observed Visual Magnitude Uncertainty0.003
Observed B Magnitude5.30
Observed B-V Colour-0.111
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 Magnitude5.4
Observed Photographic Magnitude5.2
Morgan Keenan (MK) Spectral TypeB2V
One-Dimensional Spectral ClassB3
Position Angle102
Year of Observation1934. 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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