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Constellations - Taurus - 72 Tau

 
Identification Data
Common Name
ConstellationTaurus
Star Name72 Tau
Skymap Number4270042
Henry Draper (HD) Number28149
Harvard Revised (HR) Number1399
SAO Number76613
Durchmusterung (DM) NumberBD+22 699
Washington Double Stars (WDS) Number

Positional Data
Position and Proper Motion (PPM) Number93527
Right Ascension (RA) J20004h 27m 17.447s
Declination (Dec) J2000+22° 59' 46.812"
Position Uncertainty0.0090s
Proper Motion in RA (J2000)/cos(Dec)-0.00003
Proper Motion in Dec (J2000)-0.013366
Radial Velocity+005.0km s-1
Trigonometric Parallax+0.00786s
Trigonometric Parallax Uncertainty0.00075s
GCI Unit Vector in X (J2000)0.362300
GCI Unit Vector in Y (J2000)0.846235
GCI Unit Vector in Z (J2000)0.390672
Galactic Longitude174.32°
Galactic Latitude
-17.69°
Observational Data
Observed Visual Magnitude (V)5.52
Derived Visual Magnitude
Derived Visual Magnitude or Observed Visual Magnitude Uncertainty0.004
Observed B Magnitude5.42
Observed B-V Colour-0.098
Observed B Magnitude or (B-V) Magnitude Uncertainty0.005
Observed U Magnitude
Observed U-B Colour
Observed U Magnitude or (U-B) Magnitude Uncertainty
Observed Photovisual Magnitude5.4
Observed Photographic Magnitude5.3
Morgan Keenan (MK) Spectral TypeB7V
One-Dimensional Spectral ClassB5
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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