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Constellations - Cetus - 21 Cet

 
Identification Data
Common Name
ConstellationCetus
Star Name21 Cet
Skymap Number540044
Henry Draper (HD) Number5268
Harvard Revised (HR) Number255
SAO Number129019
Durchmusterung (DM) NumberSD-09 181
Washington Double Stars (WDS) Number

Positional Data
Position and Proper Motion (PPM) Number182801
Right Ascension (RA) J20000h 54m 17.592s
Declination (Dec) J2000-8° 44' 26.382"
Position Uncertainty0.0076s
Proper Motion in RA (J2000)/cos(Dec)+0.00115
Proper Motion in Dec (J2000)-0.047366
Radial Velocity+045.0km s-1
Trigonometric Parallax+0.00860s
Trigonometric Parallax Uncertainty0.00079s
GCI Unit Vector in X (J2000)0.960781
GCI Unit Vector in Y (J2000)0.231964
GCI Unit Vector in Z (J2000)-0.151962
Galactic Longitude125.19°
Galactic Latitude
-71.60°
Observational Data
Observed Visual Magnitude (V)6.16
Derived Visual Magnitude
Derived Visual Magnitude or Observed Visual Magnitude Uncertainty0.005
Observed B Magnitude7.08
Observed B-V Colour+0.917
Observed B Magnitude or (B-V) Magnitude Uncertainty0.007
Observed U Magnitude
Observed U-B Colour
Observed U Magnitude or (U-B) Magnitude Uncertainty
Observed Photovisual Magnitude6.3
Observed Photographic Magnitude6.9
Morgan Keenan (MK) Spectral TypeG5IV
One-Dimensional Spectral ClassG0
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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