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Constellations - Fornax - kap For

 
Identification Data
Common Name
ConstellationFornax
Star Namekap For
Skymap Number2220093
Henry Draper (HD) Number14802
Harvard Revised (HR) Number695
SAO Number167736
Durchmusterung (DM) NumberCD-24 1038
Washington Double Stars (WDS) Number

Positional Data
Position and Proper Motion (PPM) Number244936
Right Ascension (RA) J20002h 22m 32.546s
Declination (Dec) J2000-23° 48' 58.774"
Position Uncertainty0.0081s
Proper Motion in RA (J2000)/cos(Dec)+0.01438
Proper Motion in Dec (J2000)-0.004466
Radial Velocity+018.4km s-1
Trigonometric Parallax+0.04560s
Trigonometric Parallax Uncertainty0.00082s
GCI Unit Vector in X (J2000)0.743530
GCI Unit Vector in Y (J2000)0.533014
GCI Unit Vector in Z (J2000)-0.403806
Galactic Longitude208.85°
Galactic Latitude
-69.21°
Observational Data
Observed Visual Magnitude (V)5.20
Derived Visual Magnitude
Derived Visual Magnitude or Observed Visual Magnitude Uncertainty0.003
Observed B Magnitude5.81
Observed B-V Colour+0.612
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 Magnitude
Morgan Keenan (MK) Spectral TypeG0Va
One-Dimensional Spectral ClassF5
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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