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Constellations - Lynx - 8 Lyn

 
Identification Data
Common Name
ConstellationLynx
Star Name8 Lyn
Skymap Number6370196
Henry Draper (HD) Number46480
Harvard Revised (HR) Number2394
SAO Number13897
Durchmusterung (DM) NumberBD+61 893
Washington Double Stars (WDS) Number
06377+6129
Positional Data
Position and Proper Motion (PPM) Number15820
Right Ascension (RA) J20006h 37m 41.385s
Declination (Dec) J2000+61° 28' 52.439"
Position Uncertainty0.0088s
Proper Motion in RA (J2000)/cos(Dec)-0.02907
Proper Motion in Dec (J2000)-0.274666
Radial Velocity-046.4km s-1
Trigonometric Parallax+0.01882s
Trigonometric Parallax Uncertainty0.00082s
GCI Unit Vector in X (J2000)-0.078164
GCI Unit Vector in Y (J2000)0.471005
GCI Unit Vector in Z (J2000)0.878661
Galactic Longitude153.87°
Galactic Latitude
22.04°
Observational Data
Observed Visual Magnitude (V)5.94
Derived Visual Magnitude
Derived Visual Magnitude or Observed Visual Magnitude Uncertainty0.004
Observed B Magnitude6.83
Observed B-V Colour+0.892
Observed B Magnitude or (B-V) Magnitude Uncertainty0.006
Observed U Magnitude
Observed U-B Colour
Observed U Magnitude or (U-B) Magnitude Uncertainty
Observed Photovisual Magnitude6.1
Observed Photographic Magnitude
Morgan Keenan (MK) Spectral TypeG8IV-V
One-Dimensional Spectral ClassG0
Position Angle79
Year of Observation1923. 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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