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Constellations - Capricornus - 42 Cap

 
Identification Data
Common Name
ConstellationCapricornus
Star Name42 Cap
Skymap Number21410084
Henry Draper (HD) Number206301
Harvard Revised (HR) Number8283
SAO Number164580
Durchmusterung (DM) NumberSD-14 6102
Washington Double Stars (WDS) Number

Positional Data
Position and Proper Motion (PPM) Number239206
Right Ascension (RA) J200021h 41m 32.859s
Declination (Dec) J2000-14° 2' 51.398"
Position Uncertainty0.0127s
Proper Motion in RA (J2000)/cos(Dec)-0.00839
Proper Motion in Dec (J2000)-0.308666
Radial Velocity-001.2km s-1
Trigonometric Parallax+0.03073s
Trigonometric Parallax Uncertainty0.00092s
GCI Unit Vector in X (J2000)0.798394
GCI Unit Vector in Y (J2000)-0.551044
GCI Unit Vector in Z (J2000)-0.242728
Galactic Longitude39.57°
Galactic Latitude
-43.97°
Observational Data
Observed Visual Magnitude (V)5.16
Derived Visual Magnitude
Derived Visual Magnitude or Observed Visual Magnitude Uncertainty0.003
Observed B Magnitude5.83
Observed B-V Colour+0.666
Observed B Magnitude or (B-V) Magnitude Uncertainty0.005
Observed U Magnitude
Observed U-B Colour
Observed U Magnitude or (U-B) Magnitude Uncertainty
Observed Photovisual Magnitude5.1
Observed Photographic Magnitude6.1
Morgan Keenan (MK) Spectral TypeG2IV
One-Dimensional Spectral ClassG5
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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