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Astronomy
Constellations - Pyxis - the Pyx

 
Identification Data
Common Name
ConstellationPyxis
Star Namethe Pyx
Skymap Number9210104
Henry Draper (HD) Number80874
Harvard Revised (HR) Number3718
SAO Number177322
Durchmusterung (DM) NumberCD-25 7114
Washington Double Stars (WDS) Number

Positional Data
Position and Proper Motion (PPM) Number256035
Right Ascension (RA) J20009h 21m 29.590s
Declination (Dec) J2000-25° 57' 55.580"
Position Uncertainty0.0072s
Proper Motion in RA (J2000)/cos(Dec)-0.00091
Proper Motion in Dec (J2000)-0.009266
Radial Velocity+020.0km s-1
Trigonometric Parallax+0.00625s
Trigonometric Parallax Uncertainty0.00070s
GCI Unit Vector in X (J2000)-0.692469
GCI Unit Vector in Y (J2000)0.573404
GCI Unit Vector in Z (J2000)-0.437829
Galactic Longitude254.81°
Galactic Latitude
16.72°
Observational Data
Observed Visual Magnitude (V)4.71
Derived Visual Magnitude
Derived Visual Magnitude or Observed Visual Magnitude Uncertainty0.004
Observed B Magnitude6.36
Observed B-V Colour+1.646
Observed B Magnitude or (B-V) Magnitude Uncertainty0.007
Observed U Magnitude
Observed U-B Colour
Observed U Magnitude or (U-B) Magnitude Uncertainty
Observed Photovisual Magnitude4.9
Observed Photographic Magnitude
Morgan Keenan (MK) Spectral TypeM0.5III
One-Dimensional Spectral ClassM0
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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