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Constellations - Cancer - 8 Cnc

 
Identification Data
Common Name
ConstellationCancer
Star Name8 Cnc
Skymap Number8050021
Henry Draper (HD) Number66664
Harvard Revised (HR) Number3163
SAO Number97542
Durchmusterung (DM) NumberBD+13 1831
Washington Double Stars (WDS) Number

Positional Data
Position and Proper Motion (PPM) Number124826
Right Ascension (RA) J20008h 5m 4.488s
Declination (Dec) J2000+13° 7' 5.575"
Position Uncertainty0.0102s
Proper Motion in RA (J2000)/cos(Dec)-0.00241
Proper Motion in Dec (J2000)-0.063966
Radial Velocity+021.0km s-1
Trigonometric Parallax+0.01549s
Trigonometric Parallax Uncertainty0.00094s
GCI Unit Vector in X (J2000)-0.505507
GCI Unit Vector in Y (J2000)0.832437
GCI Unit Vector in Z (J2000)0.226961
Galactic Longitude209.11°
Galactic Latitude
22.16°
Observational Data
Observed Visual Magnitude (V)5.15
Derived Visual Magnitude
Derived Visual Magnitude or Observed Visual Magnitude Uncertainty0.004
Observed B Magnitude5.17
Observed B-V Colour+0.015
Observed B Magnitude or (B-V) Magnitude Uncertainty0.005
Observed U Magnitude
Observed U-B Colour
Observed U Magnitude or (U-B) Magnitude Uncertainty
Observed Photovisual Magnitude5.1
Observed Photographic Magnitude
Morgan Keenan (MK) Spectral TypeA1V
One-Dimensional Spectral ClassA0
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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