Astronomy
Constellations - Centaurus - chi Cen

 
Identification Data
Common Name
ConstellationCentaurus
Star Namechi Cen
Skymap Number14060008
Henry Draper (HD) Number122980
Harvard Revised (HR) Number5285
SAO Number224673
Durchmusterung (DM) NumberCD-40 8405
Washington Double Stars (WDS) Number

Positional Data
Position and Proper Motion (PPM) Number319170
Right Ascension (RA) J200014h 6m 2.767s
Declination (Dec) J2000-41° 10' 46.679"
Position Uncertainty0.0076s
Proper Motion in RA (J2000)/cos(Dec)-0.00216
Proper Motion in Dec (J2000)-0.021666
Radial Velocity+012.1km s-1
Trigonometric Parallax+0.00731s
Trigonometric Parallax Uncertainty0.00075s
GCI Unit Vector in X (J2000)-0.641660
GCI Unit Vector in Y (J2000)-0.393387
GCI Unit Vector in Z (J2000)-0.658422
Galactic Longitude317.74°
Galactic Latitude
19.54°
Observational Data
Observed Visual Magnitude (V)4.36
Derived Visual Magnitude
Derived Visual Magnitude or Observed Visual Magnitude Uncertainty0.003
Observed B Magnitude4.17
Observed B-V Colour-0.191
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 Magnitude4.5
Observed Photographic Magnitude4.4
Morgan Keenan (MK) Spectral TypeB2V
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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