Astronomy
Constellations - Capricornus - 8nu Cap (Alshat)

 
Identification Data
Common NameAlshat
ConstellationCapricornus
Star Name8nu Cap
Skymap Number20200176
Henry Draper (HD) Number193432
Harvard Revised (HR) Number7773
SAO Number163468
Durchmusterung (DM) NumberSD-13 5642
Washington Double Stars (WDS) Number
20207-1246
Positional Data
Position and Proper Motion (PPM) Number237275
Right Ascension (RA) J200020h 20m 39.816s
Declination (Dec) J2000-12° 45' 32.687"
Position Uncertainty0.0100s
Proper Motion in RA (J2000)/cos(Dec)+0.00107
Proper Motion in Dec (J2000)-0.014666
Radial Velocity-002.0km s-1
Trigonometric Parallax+0.01198s
Trigonometric Parallax Uncertainty0.00097s
GCI Unit Vector in X (J2000)0.561724
GCI Unit Vector in Y (J2000)-0.797302
GCI Unit Vector in Z (J2000)-0.220852
Galactic Longitude31.18°
Galactic Latitude
-25.48°
Observational Data
Observed Visual Magnitude (V)4.76
Derived Visual Magnitude
Derived Visual Magnitude or Observed Visual Magnitude Uncertainty0.002
Observed B Magnitude4.72
Observed B-V Colour-0.041
Observed B Magnitude or (B-V) Magnitude Uncertainty0.002
Observed U Magnitude
Observed U-B Colour
Observed U Magnitude or (U-B) Magnitude Uncertainty
Observed Photovisual Magnitude4.7
Observed Photographic Magnitude4.8
Morgan Keenan (MK) Spectral TypeB9.5V
One-Dimensional Spectral ClassA0
Position Angle211
Year of Observation1960. 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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