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Constellations - Taurus - 40 Tau

 
Identification Data
Common Name
ConstellationTaurus
Star Name40 Tau
Skymap Number4030117
Henry Draper (HD) Number25558
Harvard Revised (HR) Number1253
SAO Number111585
Durchmusterung (DM) NumberBD+05 584
Washington Double Stars (WDS) Number

Positional Data
Position and Proper Motion (PPM) Number147165
Right Ascension (RA) J20004h 3m 44.604s
Declination (Dec) J2000+5° 26' 8.248"
Position Uncertainty0.0128s
Proper Motion in RA (J2000)/cos(Dec)+0.00008
Proper Motion in Dec (J2000)-0.005466
Radial Velocity+011.5km s-1
Trigonometric Parallax+0.00312s
Trigonometric Parallax Uncertainty0.00096s
GCI Unit Vector in X (J2000)0.483604
GCI Unit Vector in Y (J2000)0.870146
GCI Unit Vector in Z (J2000)0.094727
Galactic Longitude185.31°
Galactic Latitude
-33.28°
Observational Data
Observed Visual Magnitude (V)5.32
Derived Visual Magnitude
Derived Visual Magnitude or Observed Visual Magnitude Uncertainty0.004
Observed B Magnitude5.24
Observed B-V Colour-0.083
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 Magnitude5.2
Morgan Keenan (MK) Spectral TypeB3V
One-Dimensional Spectral ClassB3
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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