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Constellations - Puppis - pi Pup

 
Identification Data
Common Name
ConstellationPuppis
Star Namepi Pup
Skymap Number7170041
Henry Draper (HD) Number56855
Harvard Revised (HR) Number2773
SAO Number197795
Durchmusterung (DM) NumberCD-36 3489
Washington Double Stars (WDS) Number
07171-3706
Positional Data
Position and Proper Motion (PPM) Number283747
Right Ascension (RA) J20007h 17m 8.556s
Declination (Dec) J2000-37° 5' 50.892"
Position Uncertainty0.0065s
Proper Motion in RA (J2000)/cos(Dec)-0.00088
Proper Motion in Dec (J2000)+0.007067
Radial Velocity+015.8km s-1
Trigonometric Parallax+0.00298s
Trigonometric Parallax Uncertainty0.00055s
GCI Unit Vector in X (J2000)-0.263433
GCI Unit Vector in Y (J2000)0.752852
GCI Unit Vector in Z (J2000)-0.603173
Galactic Longitude249.01°
Galactic Latitude
-11.28°
Observational Data
Observed Visual Magnitude (V)2.71
Derived Visual Magnitude
Derived Visual Magnitude or Observed Visual Magnitude Uncertainty0.003
Observed B Magnitude4.30
Observed B-V Colour+1.592
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 Magnitude2.7
Observed Photographic Magnitude
Morgan Keenan (MK) Spectral TypeK3Ib
One-Dimensional Spectral ClassK5
Position Angle213
Year of Observation1936. 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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