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Constellations - Equuleus - 8alp Equ (Kitalpha)

 
Identification Data
Common NameKitalpha
ConstellationEquuleus
Star Name8alp Equ
Skymap Number21150184
Henry Draper (HD) Number202447
Harvard Revised (HR) Number8131
SAO Number126662
Durchmusterung (DM) NumberBD+04 4635
Washington Double Stars (WDS) Number
21158+0515
Positional Data
Position and Proper Motion (PPM) Number171503
Right Ascension (RA) J200021h 15m 49.431s
Declination (Dec) J2000+5° 14' 52.241"
Position Uncertainty0.0108s
Proper Motion in RA (J2000)/cos(Dec)+0.00399
Proper Motion in Dec (J2000)-0.094366
Radial Velocity-016.2km s-1
Trigonometric Parallax+0.01751s
Trigonometric Parallax Uncertainty0.00089s
GCI Unit Vector in X (J2000)0.751044
GCI Unit Vector in Y (J2000)-0.653886
GCI Unit Vector in Z (J2000)0.091464
Galactic Longitude56.38°
Galactic Latitude
-28.71°
Observational Data
Observed Visual Magnitude (V)3.94
Derived Visual Magnitude
Derived Visual Magnitude or Observed Visual Magnitude Uncertainty0.002
Observed B Magnitude4.48
Observed B-V Colour+0.541
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 Magnitude4.1
Observed Photographic Magnitude3.9
Morgan Keenan (MK) Spectral TypeG0III+A5V
One-Dimensional Spectral ClassF8
Position Angle240
Year of Observation1949. 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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