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Constellations - Fornax - mu For

 
Identification Data
Common Name
ConstellationFornax
Star Namemu For
Skymap Number2120114
Henry Draper (HD) Number13709
Harvard Revised (HR) Number652
SAO Number193573
Durchmusterung (DM) NumberCD-31 882
Washington Double Stars (WDS) Number

Positional Data
Position and Proper Motion (PPM) Number277734
Right Ascension (RA) J20002h 12m 54.470s
Declination (Dec) J2000-30° 43' 25.771"
Position Uncertainty0.0079s
Proper Motion in RA (J2000)/cos(Dec)+0.00119
Proper Motion in Dec (J2000)+0.007266
Radial Velocity+010.0km s-1
Trigonometric Parallax+0.00982s
Trigonometric Parallax Uncertainty0.00068s
GCI Unit Vector in X (J2000)0.719094
GCI Unit Vector in Y (J2000)0.471046
GCI Unit Vector in Z (J2000)-0.510900
Galactic Longitude229.17°
Galactic Latitude
-71.84°
Observational Data
Observed Visual Magnitude (V)5.27
Derived Visual Magnitude
Derived Visual Magnitude or Observed Visual Magnitude Uncertainty0.003
Observed B Magnitude5.26
Observed B-V Colour-0.013
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 Magnitude5.2
Observed Photographic Magnitude5.2
Morgan Keenan (MK) Spectral TypeB9V
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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