BC Herculis

Algol variable in the constellation Hercules
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BC Herculis

Summary

BC Herculis is an eclipsing binary star[1].

Key Facts

  • BC Herculis's instance of is recorded as eclipsing binary star[2].
  • BC Herculis's instance of is recorded as near-infrared source[3].
  • BC Herculis's constellation is recorded as Hercules[4].
  • BC Herculis's spectral class is recorded as A2[5].
  • BC Herculis's catalog code is recorded as GSC 01034-01293[6].
  • BC Herculis's catalog code is recorded as UCAC2 36162746[7].
  • BC Herculis's catalog code is recorded as UCAC3 205-184819[8].
  • BC Herculis's catalog code is recorded as 2MASS J18504165+1229534[9].
  • BC Herculis's catalog code is recorded as Gaia DR1 4504617809500764416[10].
  • BC Herculis's catalog code is recorded as Gaia DR2 4504617813820759936[11].
  • BC Herculis's catalog code is recorded as BC Her[12].
  • BC Herculis's catalog code is recorded as TIC 235823460[13].
  • BC Herculis's catalog code is recorded as Gaia DR3 4504617813820759936[14].
  • BC Herculis's catalog code is recorded as TYC 1034-1293-1[15].
  • BC Herculis's type of variable star is recorded as eclipsing binary star[16].
  • BC Herculis's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+11.53'}[17].
  • BC Herculis's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+11.74'}[18].
  • BC Herculis's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+11.88'}[19].
  • BC Herculis's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+10.651'}[20].
  • BC Herculis's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+10.369'}[21].
  • BC Herculis's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+10.278'}[22].
  • BC Herculis's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+11.525845'}[23].
  • BC Herculis's parallax is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q21500224', 'amount': '+1.1578'}[24].
  • BC Herculis's distance from Earth is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q12129', 'amount': '+863.707'}[25].
  • BC Herculis's SIMBAD ID is recorded as V* BC Her[26].

Body

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include eclipsing binary star[2] and near-infrared source[3].

History and Context

Catalog codes include GSC 01034-01293[6], UCAC2 36162746[7], UCAC3 205-184819[8], 2MASS J18504165+1229534[9], Gaia DR1 4504617809500764416[10], and Gaia DR2 4504617813820759936[11].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  3. [4] . VizieR. wikidata.org.
  4. [5] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  5. [6] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  6. [7] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  7. [8] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  8. [9] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  9. [10] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  10. [11] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  11. [12] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  12. [13] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  13. [14] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  14. [15] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  15. [16] . Up-to-date linear elements of eclipsing binaries. wikidata.org.
  16. [17] . The Tycho-2 catalogue of the 2.5 million brightest stars. wikidata.org.
  17. [18] . The Tycho-2 catalogue of the 2.5 million brightest stars. wikidata.org.
  18. [19] . Third U.S. Naval Observatory CCD Astrograph Catalog (UCAC3). wikidata.org.
  19. [20] . VizieR Online Data Catalog: 2MASS All-Sky Catalog of Point Sources (Cutri+ 2003). wikidata.org.
  20. [21] . VizieR Online Data Catalog: 2MASS All-Sky Catalog of Point Sources (Cutri+ 2003). wikidata.org.
  21. [22] . VizieR Online Data Catalog: 2MASS All-Sky Catalog of Point Sources (Cutri+ 2003). wikidata.org.
  22. [23] . Gaia Early Data Release 3. wikidata.org.
  23. [24] . Gaia Early Data Release 3. wikidata.org.
  24. [25] . Gaia Early Data Release 3. wikidata.org.
  25. [26] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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