Astronomy
Constellations - Fornax - alp For (Fornacis)

 
Identification Data
Common NameFornacis
ConstellationFornax
Star Namealp For
Skymap Number3120010
Henry Draper (HD) Number20010
Harvard Revised (HR) Number963
SAO Number168373
Durchmusterung (DM) NumberCD-29 1177
Washington Double Stars (WDS) Number
03121-2859
Positional Data
Position and Proper Motion (PPM) Number245929
Right Ascension (RA) J20003h 12m 4.527s
Declination (Dec) J2000-28° 59' 15.425"
Position Uncertainty0.0069s
Proper Motion in RA (J2000)/cos(Dec)+0.02831
Proper Motion in Dec (J2000)+0.612367
Radial Velocity-020.0km s-1
Trigonometric Parallax+0.07086s
Trigonometric Parallax Uncertainty0.00067s
GCI Unit Vector in X (J2000)0.585091
GCI Unit Vector in Y (J2000)0.650240
GCI Unit Vector in Z (J2000)-0.484621
Galactic Longitude224.74°
Galactic Latitude
-59.04°
Observational Data
Observed Visual Magnitude (V)3.80
Derived Visual Magnitude
Derived Visual Magnitude or Observed Visual Magnitude Uncertainty
Observed B Magnitude4.34
Observed B-V Colour+0.543
Observed B Magnitude or (B-V) Magnitude Uncertainty0.015
Observed U Magnitude
Observed U-B Colour
Observed U Magnitude or (U-B) Magnitude Uncertainty
Observed Photovisual Magnitude4.0
Observed Photographic Magnitude4.5
Morgan Keenan (MK) Spectral TypeF8V
One-Dimensional Spectral ClassF8
Position Angle299
Year of Observation1994. 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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