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HD117959

star in the constellation Centaurus
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HD117959

Summary

HD117959 is a star[1].

Key Facts

  • HD117959's instance of is recorded as star[2].
  • HD117959's constellation is recorded as Centaurus[3].
  • HD117959's spectral class is recorded as A1mA5-A6[4].
  • HD117959's catalog code is recorded as HD 117959[5].
  • HD117959's catalog code is recorded as GSC 08995-01696[6].
  • HD117959's catalog code is recorded as 2MASS J13352697-6157092[7].
  • HD117959's catalog code is recorded as SAO 252376[8].
  • HD117959's catalog code is recorded as CD-61 3867[9].
  • HD117959's catalog code is recorded as CPC 20.1 3985[10].
  • HD117959's catalog code is recorded as CPD-61 3821[11].
  • HD117959's catalog code is recorded as PPM 360205[12].
  • HD117959's catalog code is recorded as TYC 8995-1696-1[13].
  • HD117959's catalog code is recorded as Gaia DR1 5865750223287275648[14].
  • HD117959's catalog code is recorded as Gaia DR2 5865750227618012800[15].
  • HD117959's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+8.22'}[16].
  • HD117959's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+8.02'}[17].
  • HD117959's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+8.0024'}[18].
  • HD117959's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+7.634'}[19].
  • HD117959's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+7.599'}[20].
  • HD117959's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+7.543'}[21].
  • HD117959's parallax is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q21500224', 'amount': '+4.8889'}[22].
  • HD117959's distance from Earth is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q12129', 'amount': '+204.5450'}[23].
  • HD117959's right ascension is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+203.86237030297330'}[24].
  • HD117959's declination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '-61.95258588630060'}[25].
  • HD117959's epoch is recorded as J2000.0[26].

Body

Definition and Type

HD117959's instance of is recorded as star[2].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . VizieR. wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . Q66617329. 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] ↑ . The Tycho-2 catalogue of the 2.5 million brightest stars. wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . The Tycho-2 catalogue of the 2.5 million brightest stars. wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . Gaia Data Release 2. wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . VizieR Online Data Catalog: 2MASS All-Sky Catalog of Point Sources (Cutri+ 2003). 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] ↑ . Gaia Data Release 2. wikidata.org.
  22. [23] ↑ . Gaia Data Release 2. wikidata.org.
  23. [24] ↑ . Gaia Data Release 2. wikidata.org.
  24. [25] ↑ . Gaia Data Release 2. wikidata.org.
  25. [26] ↑ . Gaia Data Release 2. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 22d ago · Debessis · 2026-08-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Distance from earth → {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q12129', 'amount':
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    Apparent magnitude → {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+8.22'}, {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+8.02'}, {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+8.0024'} +3
    Spectral class → A1mA5-A6
    + 13 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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