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Constellations - Canis Major - 8nu 3CMa

 
Identification Data
Common Name
ConstellationCanis Major
Star Name8nu 3CMa
Skymap Number6370247
Henry Draper (HD) Number47442
Harvard Revised (HR) Number2443
SAO Number151730
Durchmusterung (DM) NumberSD-18 1492
Washington Double Stars (WDS) Number

Positional Data
Position and Proper Motion (PPM) Number217460
Right Ascension (RA) J20006h 37m 53.421s
Declination (Dec) J2000-18° 14' 14.920"
Position Uncertainty0.0063s
Proper Motion in RA (J2000)/cos(Dec)-0.00048
Proper Motion in Dec (J2000)-0.008567
Radial Velocity-001.5km s-1
Trigonometric Parallax+0.00703s
Trigonometric Parallax Uncertainty0.00062s
GCI Unit Vector in X (J2000)-0.156309
GCI Unit Vector in Y (J2000)0.936817
GCI Unit Vector in Z (J2000)-0.312956
Galactic Longitude227.87°
Galactic Latitude
-11.11°
Observational Data
Observed Visual Magnitude (V)4.43
Derived Visual Magnitude
Derived Visual Magnitude or Observed Visual Magnitude Uncertainty0.002
Observed B Magnitude5.58
Observed B-V Colour+1.152
Observed B Magnitude or (B-V) Magnitude Uncertainty0.003
Observed U Magnitude
Observed U-B Colour
Observed U Magnitude or (U-B) Magnitude Uncertainty
Observed Photovisual Magnitude4.7
Observed Photographic Magnitude5.7
Morgan Keenan (MK) Spectral TypeK0.5II-III
One-Dimensional Spectral ClassK0
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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