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Constellations - Canis Major - 6nu 1CMa

 
Identification Data
Common Name
ConstellationCanis Major
Star Name6nu 1CMa
Skymap Number6360087
Henry Draper (HD) Number47138
Harvard Revised (HR) Number2423
SAO Number151694
Durchmusterung (DM) NumberSD-18 1480
Washington Double Stars (WDS) Number
06364-1840
Positional Data
Position and Proper Motion (PPM) Number217418
Right Ascension (RA) J20006h 36m 22.850s
Declination (Dec) J2000-18° 39' 35.653"
Position Uncertainty0.0130s
Proper Motion in RA (J2000)/cos(Dec)-0.00083
Proper Motion in Dec (J2000)+0.016867
Radial Velocity+024.8km s-1
Trigonometric Parallax+0.01179s
Trigonometric Parallax Uncertainty0.00121s
GCI Unit Vector in X (J2000)-0.149766
GCI Unit Vector in Y (J2000)0.935522
GCI Unit Vector in Z (J2000)-0.319950
Galactic Longitude228.11°
Galactic Latitude
-11.61°
Observational Data
Observed Visual Magnitude (V)5.70
Derived Visual Magnitude
Derived Visual Magnitude or Observed Visual Magnitude Uncertainty0.003
Observed B Magnitude6.53
Observed B-V Colour+0.834
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 Magnitude5.2
Observed Photographic Magnitude6.6
Morgan Keenan (MK) Spectral TypeG8III
One-Dimensional Spectral ClassG5
Position Angle263
Year of Observation1951. 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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