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Constellations - Fornax - rho For

 
Identification Data
Common Name
ConstellationFornax
Star Namerho For
Skymap Number3470137
Henry Draper (HD) Number23940
Harvard Revised (HR) Number1184
SAO Number194535
Durchmusterung (DM) NumberCD-30 1497
Washington Double Stars (WDS) Number

Positional Data
Position and Proper Motion (PPM) Number279461
Right Ascension (RA) J20003h 47m 56.040s
Declination (Dec) J2000-30° 10' 4.376"
Position Uncertainty0.0056s
Proper Motion in RA (J2000)/cos(Dec)+0.00202
Proper Motion in Dec (J2000)-0.231166
Radial Velocity+052.6km s-1
Trigonometric Parallax+0.01155s
Trigonometric Parallax Uncertainty0.00065s
GCI Unit Vector in X (J2000)0.471080
GCI Unit Vector in Y (J2000)0.724943
GCI Unit Vector in Z (J2000)-0.502535
Galactic Longitude228.19°
Galactic Latitude
-51.40°
Observational Data
Observed Visual Magnitude (V)5.53
Derived Visual Magnitude
Derived Visual Magnitude or Observed Visual Magnitude Uncertainty0.002
Observed B Magnitude6.49
Observed B-V Colour+0.955
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 Magnitude5.3
Observed Photographic Magnitude
Morgan Keenan (MK) Spectral TypeG6III
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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