V Cephei

V Cephei
Observation data
Epoch J2000      Equinox J2000
Constellation Cepheus
Right ascension 23h 56m 27.80s[1]
Declination +83° 11′ 28.02″[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 6.5947[2]
Characteristics
Spectral type A3V[2]
B−V color index 0.064[2]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv) −12.9 ± 2[1] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: 49.22[2] mas/yr
Dec.: 6.48[2] mas/yr
Other designations

V Cephei is a white main sequence star in the constellation Cepheus. It only varies slightly by 0.03 of a magnitude.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "SIMBAD basic query result: V Cephei". SIMBAD, Centre de Données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-id?Ident=v+cephei&NbIdent=1&Radius=2&Radius.unit=arcmin&submit=submit+id. Retrieved August 17, 2010. 
  2. ^ a b c d e "Hipparcos catalogue: query form". CASU Astronomical Data Centre. Cambridge Astronomical Survey Unit. 2006. http://apm5.ast.cam.ac.uk/cgi-bin/wdb/hipp/hipparcos/query. Retrieved August 17, 2010.