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Constellations - Taurus - 112bet Tau (Elnath)

 
Identification Data
Common NameElnath
ConstellationTaurus
Star Name112bet Tau
Skymap Number5260058
Henry Draper (HD) Number35497
Harvard Revised (HR) Number1791
SAO Number77168
Durchmusterung (DM) NumberBD+28 795
Washington Double Stars (WDS) Number
05263+2836
Positional Data
Position and Proper Motion (PPM) Number94361
Right Ascension (RA) J20005h 26m 17.513s
Declination (Dec) J2000+28° 36' 26.820"
Position Uncertainty0.0103s
Proper Motion in RA (J2000)/cos(Dec)+0.00177
Proper Motion in Dec (J2000)-0.174266
Radial Velocity+009.2km s-1
Trigonometric Parallax+0.02489s
Trigonometric Parallax Uncertainty0.00088s
GCI Unit Vector in X (J2000)0.128659
GCI Unit Vector in Y (J2000)0.868442
GCI Unit Vector in Z (J2000)0.478806
Galactic Longitude178.00°
Galactic Latitude
-3.74°
Observational Data
Observed Visual Magnitude (V)1.68
Derived Visual Magnitude
Derived Visual Magnitude or Observed Visual Magnitude Uncertainty0.008
Observed B Magnitude1.62
Observed B-V Colour-0.059
Observed B Magnitude or (B-V) Magnitude Uncertainty0.011
Observed U Magnitude
Observed U-B Colour
Observed U Magnitude or (U-B) Magnitude Uncertainty
Observed Photovisual Magnitude1.8
Observed Photographic Magnitude
Morgan Keenan (MK) Spectral TypeB7III
One-Dimensional Spectral ClassB8
Position Angle239
Year of Observation1898. 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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