Identification Data |
Common Name | Shedir |
Constellation | Cassiopeia |
Star Name | 18alp Cas |
Skymap Number | 400067 |
Henry Draper (HD) Number | 3712 |
Harvard Revised (HR) Number | 168 |
SAO Number | 21609 |
Durchmusterung (DM) Number | BD+55 139 |
Washington Double Stars (WDS) Number
| 00405+5632
|
Positional Data |
Position and Proper Motion (PPM) Number | 25578 |
Right Ascension (RA) J2000 | 0h 40m 30.440s |
Declination (Dec) J2000 | +56° 32' 14.392" |
Position Uncertainty | 0.0046s |
Proper Motion in RA (J2000)/cos(Dec) | +0.00609 |
Proper Motion in Dec (J2000) | -0.032266 |
Radial Velocity | -003.9km s-1 |
Trigonometric Parallax | +0.01427s |
Trigonometric Parallax Uncertainty | 0.00057s |
GCI Unit Vector in X (J2000) | 0.542803 |
GCI Unit Vector in Y (J2000) | 0.096950 |
GCI Unit Vector in Z (J2000) | 0.834245 |
Galactic Longitude | 121.42° |
Galactic Latitude
| -6.30°
|
Observational Data |
Observed Visual Magnitude (V) | 2.25 |
Derived Visual Magnitude | |
Derived Visual Magnitude or Observed Visual Magnitude Uncertainty | 0.002 |
Observed B Magnitude | 3.43 |
Observed B-V Colour | +1.175 |
Observed B Magnitude or (B-V) Magnitude Uncertainty | 0.002 |
Observed U Magnitude | |
Observed U-B Colour | |
Observed U Magnitude or (U-B) Magnitude Uncertainty | |
Observed Photovisual Magnitude | 2.5 |
Observed Photographic Magnitude | |
Morgan Keenan (MK) Spectral Type | K0-IIIa |
One-Dimensional Spectral Class | K0 |
Position Angle | 275 |
Year of Observation | 1934. AD |