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Constellations - Canis Major - 26 CMa

 
Identification Data
Common Name
ConstellationCanis Major
Star Name26 CMa
Skymap Number7120045
Henry Draper (HD) Number55522
Harvard Revised (HR) Number2718
SAO Number173193
Durchmusterung (DM) NumberCD-25 4191
Washington Double Stars (WDS) Number

Positional Data
Position and Proper Motion (PPM) Number251860
Right Ascension (RA) J20007h 12m 12.214s
Declination (Dec) J2000-25° 56' 33.319"
Position Uncertainty0.0057s
Proper Motion in RA (J2000)/cos(Dec)-0.00039
Proper Motion in Dec (J2000)+0.008666
Radial Velocity+021.6km s-1
Trigonometric Parallax+0.00454s
Trigonometric Parallax Uncertainty0.00061s
GCI Unit Vector in X (J2000)-0.278638
GCI Unit Vector in Y (J2000)0.854974
GCI Unit Vector in Z (J2000)-0.437470
Galactic Longitude238.40°
Galactic Latitude
-7.30°
Observational Data
Observed Visual Magnitude (V)5.91
Derived Visual Magnitude
Derived Visual Magnitude or Observed Visual Magnitude Uncertainty0.003
Observed B Magnitude5.74
Observed B-V Colour-0.166
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 Magnitude6.3
Observed Photographic Magnitude
Morgan Keenan (MK) Spectral TypeB2V
One-Dimensional Spectral ClassB3
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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