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Astronomy
Constellations - Octans - nu Oct

 
Identification Data
Common Name
ConstellationOctans
Star Namenu Oct
Skymap Number21410061
Henry Draper (HD) Number205478
Harvard Revised (HR) Number8254
SAO Number257948
Durchmusterung (DM) NumberCP-77 1510
Washington Double Stars (WDS) Number

Positional Data
Position and Proper Motion (PPM) Number375094
Right Ascension (RA) J200021h 41m 28.646s
Declination (Dec) J2000-77° 23' 24.167"
Position Uncertainty0.0297s
Proper Motion in RA (J2000)/cos(Dec)+0.01980
Proper Motion in Dec (J2000)-0.240466
Radial Velocity+034.4km s-1
Trigonometric Parallax+0.04722s
Trigonometric Parallax Uncertainty0.00290s
GCI Unit Vector in X (J2000)0.179635
GCI Unit Vector in Y (J2000)-0.124064
GCI Unit Vector in Z (J2000)-0.975879
Galactic Longitude314.29°
Galactic Latitude
-35.19°
Observational Data
Observed Visual Magnitude (V)3.74
Derived Visual Magnitude
Derived Visual Magnitude or Observed Visual Magnitude Uncertainty0.002
Observed B Magnitude4.74
Observed B-V Colour+1.004
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 Magnitude3.7
Observed Photographic Magnitude4.7
Morgan Keenan (MK) Spectral TypeK0III
One-Dimensional Spectral ClassK0
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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