BW Hydrae

RR Lyrae variable star in the constellation Hydra
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BW Hydrae

Summary

BW Hydrae is a RR Lyrae variable[1].

Key Facts

  • BW Hydrae's instance of is recorded as RR Lyrae variable[2].
  • BW Hydrae's instance of is recorded as near-infrared source[3].
  • BW Hydrae's constellation is recorded as Hydra[4].
  • BW Hydrae's catalog code is recorded as 2MASS J12372879-2956117[5].
  • BW Hydrae's catalog code is recorded as CRTS J123729.0-295609[6].
  • BW Hydrae's catalog code is recorded as Gaia DR2 3470927899858715008[7].
  • BW Hydrae's catalog code is recorded as BW Hya[8].
  • BW Hydrae's catalog code is recorded as TIC 131060331[9].
  • BW Hydrae's catalog code is recorded as WISEA J123728.77-295611.9[10].
  • BW Hydrae's catalog code is recorded as Gaia DR3 3470927899858715008[11].
  • BW Hydrae's type of variable star is recorded as RR Lyrae variable with asymmetric light curves[12].
  • BW Hydrae's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+12.60'}[13].
  • BW Hydrae's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+13.45'}[14].
  • BW Hydrae's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+12.842'}[15].
  • BW Hydrae's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+12.559'}[16].
  • BW Hydrae's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+12.484'}[17].
  • BW Hydrae's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+13.593669'}[18].
  • BW Hydrae's parallax is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q21500224', 'amount': '+0.2636'}[19].
  • BW Hydrae's radial velocity is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q3674704', 'amount': '+153.76'}[20].
  • BW Hydrae's distance from Earth is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q12129', 'amount': '+2728.1921'}[21].
  • BW Hydrae's SIMBAD ID is recorded as V* BW Hya[22].
  • BW Hydrae's right ascension is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+189.36993891015'}[23].
  • BW Hydrae's declination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '-29.93661399278'}[24].
  • BW Hydrae's epoch is recorded as J2000.0[25].
  • BW Hydrae's declination component of proper motion is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q22137107', 'amount': '-7.448'}[26].

Body

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include RR Lyrae variable[2] and near-infrared source[3].

History and Context

Catalog codes include 2MASS J12372879-2956117[5], CRTS J123729.0-295609[6], Gaia DR2 3470927899858715008[7], BW Hya[8], TIC 131060331[9], and WISEA J123728.77-295611.9[10].

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] . 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] . Gaia Data Release 3. wikidata.org.
  10. [11] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  11. [12] . Discovery of ~9,000 new RR Lyrae in the southern Catalina surveys. wikidata.org.
  12. [13] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  13. [14] . Discovery of ~9,000 new RR Lyrae in the southern Catalina surveys. wikidata.org.
  14. [15] . VizieR Online Data Catalog: 2MASS All-Sky Catalog of Point Sources (Cutri+ 2003). wikidata.org.
  15. [16] . VizieR Online Data Catalog: 2MASS All-Sky Catalog of Point Sources (Cutri+ 2003). wikidata.org.
  16. [17] . VizieR Online Data Catalog: 2MASS All-Sky Catalog of Point Sources (Cutri+ 2003). wikidata.org.
  17. [18] . Gaia Early Data Release 3. wikidata.org.
  18. [19] . Gaia Data Release 3. wikidata.org.
  19. [20] . Gaia Data Release 3. wikidata.org.
  20. [21] . Gaia Data Release 3. wikidata.org.
  21. [22] . wikidata.org.
  22. [23] . Gaia Early Data Release 3. wikidata.org.
  23. [24] . Gaia Early Data Release 3. wikidata.org.
  24. [25] . Gaia Data Release 2. wikidata.org.
  25. [26] . Gaia Early Data Release 3. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

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