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Constellations - Cassiopeia - 16 Cas

 
Identification Data
Common Name
ConstellationCassiopeia
Star Name16 Cas
Skymap Number340056
Henry Draper (HD) Number3038
Harvard Revised (HR) Number137
SAO Number11265
Durchmusterung (DM) NumberBD+65 70
Washington Double Stars (WDS) Number

Positional Data
Position and Proper Motion (PPM) Number12315
Right Ascension (RA) J20000h 34m 24.919s
Declination (Dec) J2000+66° 45' 1.243"
Position Uncertainty0.0083s
Proper Motion in RA (J2000)/cos(Dec)+0.00403
Proper Motion in Dec (J2000)-0.000367
Radial Velocity-016.0km s-1
Trigonometric Parallax+0.00577s
Trigonometric Parallax Uncertainty0.00061s
GCI Unit Vector in X (J2000)0.390296
GCI Unit Vector in Y (J2000)0.059053
GCI Unit Vector in Z (J2000)0.918794
Galactic Longitude121.25°
Galactic Latitude
3.93°
Observational Data
Observed Visual Magnitude (V)6.48
Derived Visual Magnitude
Derived Visual Magnitude or Observed Visual Magnitude Uncertainty0.004
Observed B Magnitude6.43
Observed B-V Colour-0.053
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 Magnitude6.4
Observed Photographic Magnitude6.4
Morgan Keenan (MK) Spectral TypeB9III
One-Dimensional Spectral ClassB9
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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