Astronomy
Constellations - Cetus - 40 Cet

 
Identification Data
Common Name
ConstellationCetus
Star Name40 Cet
Skymap Number1160129
Henry Draper (HD) Number7727
Harvard Revised (HR) Number
SAO Number129210
Durchmusterung (DM) NumberSD-03 174
Washington Double Stars (WDS) Number

Positional Data
Position and Proper Motion (PPM) Number183250
Right Ascension (RA) J20001h 16m 59.006s
Declination (Dec) J2000-2° 16' 44.976"
Position Uncertainty0.0082s
Proper Motion in RA (J2000)/cos(Dec)+0.01729
Proper Motion in Dec (J2000)-0.140766
Radial Velocity+008.5km s-1
Trigonometric Parallax+0.03368s
Trigonometric Parallax Uncertainty0.00077s
GCI Unit Vector in X (J2000)0.943366
GCI Unit Vector in Y (J2000)0.329362
GCI Unit Vector in Z (J2000)-0.039768
Galactic Longitude137.85°
Galactic Latitude
-64.41°
Observational Data
Observed Visual Magnitude (V)6.53
Derived Visual Magnitude
Derived Visual Magnitude or Observed Visual Magnitude Uncertainty0.005
Observed B Magnitude7.09
Observed B-V Colour+0.559
Observed B Magnitude or (B-V) Magnitude Uncertainty0.006
Observed U Magnitude
Observed U-B Colour
Observed U Magnitude or (U-B) Magnitude Uncertainty
Observed Photovisual Magnitude6.9
Observed Photographic Magnitude7.3
Morgan Keenan (MK) Spectral Type
One-Dimensional Spectral ClassF8
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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