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help identifying this star

Started by tjeff, 03/02/2004 07:17PM
Posted 03/02/2004 07:17PM Opening Post
Hi everyone,

I took this image this morning, I thought it was nice to see Jupiter's moon lining up. Can anyone help me identifying the name of the star which is above Io on the image?

Thank you,

Jeff

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Posted 03/02/2004 07:35PM #1
SAO 118636
GSC 847:1271, HIP 54057, PPM 157464, HD 95848, B+08 2452
Spectral: K0
**** Data from Hipparcos Catalog ****
Proper motion (mas/yr): RA = -15.87, Dec = -24.52
Magnitudes Bt: 8.556, Vt: 7.333
Parallax: 5.790 mas, 172.7116 pc
Distance: 563.31 light-years, 35624383.08 astronomical units
Magnitude: 7.25
RA: 11h 03m 54.947s Dec: +07°33'31.842"
RA: 11h 03m 41.293s Dec: +07°34'55.083" (Epoch 2000)
Azm: 223°59'07" Alt: +49°48'54"
Rise: 17:52 Transit: 00:23 Set: 06:50
Hour angle: 01h 47m 29.3s Air mass: 1.31
Position error: 1.02 mas