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Constellations - Fornax - tau For

 
Identification Data
Common Name
ConstellationFornax
Star Nametau For
Skymap Number3380107
Henry Draper (HD) Number22789
Harvard Revised (HR) Number1114
SAO Number168701
Durchmusterung (DM) NumberCD-28 1225
Washington Double Stars (WDS) Number

Positional Data
Position and Proper Motion (PPM) Number246487
Right Ascension (RA) J20003h 38m 47.671s
Declination (Dec) J2000-27° 56' 34.995"
Position Uncertainty0.0061s
Proper Motion in RA (J2000)/cos(Dec)+0.00163
Proper Motion in Dec (J2000)+0.025966
Radial Velocity+039.0km s-1
Trigonometric Parallax+0.00781s
Trigonometric Parallax Uncertainty0.00074s
GCI Unit Vector in X (J2000)0.510505
GCI Unit Vector in Y (J2000)0.720975
GCI Unit Vector in Z (J2000)-0.468594
Galactic Longitude224.15°
Galactic Latitude
-53.08°
Observational Data
Observed Visual Magnitude (V)6.01
Derived Visual Magnitude
Derived Visual Magnitude or Observed Visual Magnitude Uncertainty0.003
Observed B Magnitude5.98
Observed B-V Colour-0.030
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 Magnitude6.1
Observed Photographic Magnitude
Morgan Keenan (MK) Spectral TypeA0V
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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