Astronomy
Constellations - Centaurus - xi 2Cen

 
Identification Data
Common Name
ConstellationCentaurus
Star Namexi 2Cen
Skymap Number13060139
Henry Draper (HD) Number113791
Harvard Revised (HR) Number4942
SAO Number223909
Durchmusterung (DM) NumberCD-49 7644
Washington Double Stars (WDS) Number
13069-4954
Positional Data
Position and Proper Motion (PPM) Number318144
Right Ascension (RA) J200013h 6m 54.639s
Declination (Dec) J2000-49° 54' 22.486"
Position Uncertainty0.0078s
Proper Motion in RA (J2000)/cos(Dec)-0.00272
Proper Motion in Dec (J2000)-0.012466
Radial Velocity+014.3km s-1
Trigonometric Parallax+0.00792s
Trigonometric Parallax Uncertainty0.00081s
GCI Unit Vector in X (J2000)-0.616787
GCI Unit Vector in Y (J2000)-0.185370
GCI Unit Vector in Z (J2000)-0.764992
Galactic Longitude305.49°
Galactic Latitude
12.89°
Observational Data
Observed Visual Magnitude (V)4.28
Derived Visual Magnitude
Derived Visual Magnitude or Observed Visual Magnitude Uncertainty0.002
Observed B Magnitude4.09
Observed B-V Colour-0.186
Observed B Magnitude or (B-V) Magnitude Uncertainty0.003
Observed U Magnitude
Observed U-B Colour
Observed U Magnitude or (U-B) Magnitude Uncertainty
Observed Photovisual Magnitude4.4
Observed Photographic Magnitude4.2
Morgan Keenan (MK) Spectral TypeB1.5V
One-Dimensional Spectral ClassB3
Position Angle100
Year of Observation1933. 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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