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Constellations - Vela - kap Vel

 
Identification Data
Common Name
ConstellationVela
Star Namekap Vel
Skymap Number9220013
Henry Draper (HD) Number81188
Harvard Revised (HR) Number3734
SAO Number236891
Durchmusterung (DM) NumberCP-54 2219
Washington Double Stars (WDS) Number

Positional Data
Position and Proper Motion (PPM) Number337874
Right Ascension (RA) J20009h 22m 6.818s
Declination (Dec) J2000-55° 0' 38.405"
Position Uncertainty0.0056s
Proper Motion in RA (J2000)/cos(Dec)-0.00125
Proper Motion in Dec (J2000)+0.011266
Radial Velocity+021.9km s-1
Trigonometric Parallax+0.00605s
Trigonometric Parallax Uncertainty0.00048s
GCI Unit Vector in X (J2000)-0.442649
GCI Unit Vector in Y (J2000)0.364523
GCI Unit Vector in Z (J2000)-0.819259
Galactic Longitude275.89°
Galactic Latitude
-3.54°
Observational Data
Observed Visual Magnitude (V)2.48
Derived Visual Magnitude
Derived Visual Magnitude or Observed Visual Magnitude Uncertainty0.003
Observed B Magnitude2.34
Observed B-V Colour-0.143
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 Magnitude2.6
Observed Photographic Magnitude2.5
Morgan Keenan (MK) Spectral TypeB2IV-V
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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