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Astronomy
Constellations - Carina - alp Car (Canopus)

 
Identification Data
Common NameCanopus
ConstellationCarina
Star Namealp Car
Skymap Number6230224
Henry Draper (HD) Number45348
Harvard Revised (HR) Number2326
SAO Number234480
Durchmusterung (DM) NumberCP-52 914
Washington Double Stars (WDS) Number

Positional Data
Position and Proper Motion (PPM) Number335149
Right Ascension (RA) J20006h 23m 57.109s
Declination (Dec) J2000-52° 41' 44.378"
Position Uncertainty0.0068s
Proper Motion in RA (J2000)/cos(Dec)+0.00220
Proper Motion in Dec (J2000)+0.023766
Radial Velocity+020.5km s-1
Trigonometric Parallax+0.01043s
Trigonometric Parallax Uncertainty0.00053s
GCI Unit Vector in X (J2000)-0.063223
GCI Unit Vector in Y (J2000)0.602742
GCI Unit Vector in Z (J2000)-0.795428
Galactic Longitude261.21°
Galactic Latitude
-25.29°
Observational Data
Observed Visual Magnitude (V)-0.63
Derived Visual Magnitude
Derived Visual Magnitude or Observed Visual Magnitude Uncertainty0.016
Observed B Magnitude-0.46
Observed B-V Colour+0.173
Observed B Magnitude or (B-V) Magnitude Uncertainty0.024
Observed U Magnitude
Observed U-B Colour
Observed U Magnitude or (U-B) Magnitude Unc U Minty
Observed Photovisual Magnitude
Observed Photographic Magnitude-0.6
Morgan Keenan (MK) Spectral TypeF0II
One-Dimensional Spectral ClassF0
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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