------------------------------------------------------- Four Cardinal Stars: Comparison Data ------------------------------------------------------- R.A. data (epoch J1991.25 (JD2448349.0625 (TT) for 1239), SIMBAD data ICRS Eq=J2000 Ep=J2000, 1196(FK5) errors are sec of hours, 1239(ICRS) errors are mas * cos(d) Note that (1284) USNO B1.0 values are very close to J1991.25 epoch! Cat Aldebaran Regulus Antares Fomalhaut 1246 04 35 55.2417 ±0.026 ? ? 22 57 39.0459 ±0.028 SIMBAD 04 35 55.2387 ±7.99 10 08 22.3107 ±6.56 16 29 24.4609 ±17.88 22 57 39.0465 ±9.67 5109 04 35 55.2387 ±0.0093 10 08 22.3107 ±0.0078 16 29 24.4609 ±0.0211 22 57 39.0465 ±0.0112 1149 04 35 55.237 ±0.07 10 08 22.315 ±0.07 16 29 24.439 ±0.12 22 57 39.055 ±0.12 1196 04 35 55.237 ±0.02 10 08 22.315 ±0.02 16 29 24.439 ±0.04 22 57 39.055 ±0.03 1239 04 35 55.20 10 08 22.46 16 29 24.47 22 57 38.83 1196 68.980154 152.092979 247.351829 344.412729 1276 68.9800020 ±1 152.0935808 ±1 247.3519480 ±2 ? 1259 68.98000195 ±0.9 152.09358075 ±0.7 247.35194804 ±1.5 344.41177323 ±0.8 1239 68.98000195 ±0.85 152.09358075 ±0.71 247.35194804 ±1.52 344.41177323 ±0.79 1284 68.980000 ±0 152.093581 ±0 247.351948 ±0 344.411773 ±0 ------------------------------------------------------- Decl. data (epoch J1991.25 (JD2448349.0625 (TT) for 1239), SIMBAD data ICRS Eq=J2000 Ep=J2000, 1196(FK5) errors are arcs, 1239(ICRS) errors are mas Cat Aldebaran Regulus Antares Fomalhaut SIMBAD +16 30 33.485 ±5.29 +11 58 01.945 ±4.00 -26 25 55.209 ±11.69 -29 37 20.050 ±5.14 5109 +16 30 33.485 ±0.0093 +11 58 01.945 ±0.0078 -26 25 55.209 ±0.0211 -29 37 20.050 ±0.0112 1246 +16 30 33.444 ±0.18 ? ? -29 37 20.046 ±0.29 1149 +16 30 33.39 ±0.14 +11 58 1.89 ±0.13 -26 25 55.15 ±0.21 -29 37 20.10 ±0.21 1196 +16 30 33.39 ±0.03 +11 58 01.89 ±0.03 -26 25 55.15 ±0.05 -29 37 20.10 ±0.04 1239 +16 30 35.1 +11 58 01.9 -26 25 55.0 -29 37 18.6 1284 +16.509762 ±0 +11.967195 ±0 -26.431948 ±0 -29.621839 ±0 1239 +16.50976164 ±0.53 +11.96719513 ±0.49 -26.43194608 ±1.08 -29.62183701 ±0.64 1259 +16.50976164 ±0.5 +11.96719513 ±0.5 -26.43194608 ±1.1 -29.62183701 ±0.6 1276 +16.5097616 ±1 +11.9671951 ±1 -26.4319461 ±1 ? 1196 +16.509275 +11.967192 -26.431986 -29.622250 ------------------------------------------------------- Proper motion in R.A. mas data Cat Aldebaran Regulus Antares Fomalhaut ARICNS 65 -249 ? 335 1274 65 -248 -6 ? 1266 64.7 ±0.5 -248.7 ±0.4 -9.3 ±0.8 333.2 ±0.5 1196 (annex) 64 -248 -6 ? 1280 63.01 ±0.39 -248.30 ±0.39 -8.91 ±0.52 332.40 ±0.54 WDS2002 63 -249 -10 ? 1196 63 ±0 -248 ±0 -10 ±0 333 ±0 5050 63 -248 -10 333 1259 62.8 ±0.9 -249.4 ±0.7 -10.2 ±2.0 329.2 ±1.0 1276 62.8 ±0.9 -249.4 ±0.7 -10.2 ±2.0 ? SIMBAD 62.78 ±0.89 -249.40 ±0.75 -10.16 ±2.03 329.22 ±1.14 1239 62.78 ±0.85 -249.40 ±0.74 -10.16 ±2.00 329.22 ±1.05 1284 62 ±0 -250 ±0 -12 ±0 328 ±0 5053 62 -249 -10 329 AJ121-2189 ? ? ? 329.22 1246 (s/ha) 4.71 ±0.0531 ? ? 25.15 ±0.0341 1131 (s/ha) 4.5 -16.9 -0.6 25.7 1146/1193 (s/ha) 4.4 ±0.3 -16.9 ±0.3 -0.7 ±0.4 25.5 ±0.4 1149 (s/ha) 4.39 ±0.02 -16.93 ±0.02 -0.71 ±0.033 25.51 ±0.031 5109 (s/ha) 4.37 -17.00 -0.76 25.25 1201 (s/ha) 4.37 ±0.04 -16.96 ±0.04 -0.77 ±0.12 ? ------------------------------------------------------- Proper motion in Decl. mas data Cat Aldebaran Regulus Antares Fomalhaut 1246 -194.6 ±0.450 ? ? -163.6 ±0.867 1131 -190 8 -21 -165 1196 -190 ±0 6 ±0 -20 ±1 -165 ±1 1146/1193 -190 ±0.3 6 ±0.3 -20 ±0.6 -165 ±0.6 5050 -190 6 -20 -165 WDS2002 -190 5 -20 ? 1284 -190 ±0 4 ±0 -24 ±0 -166 ±0 1149 -189.7 ±0.34 6.4 ±0.32 -20.3 ±0.59 -164.7 ±0.56 1280 -189.51 ±0.39 5.63 ±0.38 -20.88 ±0.87 -164.19 ±0.0.72 1259 -189.4 ±0.6 4.9 ±0.5 -23.2 ±1.3 -164.2 ±0.7 5109 -189.4 4.9 -23.2 -164.2 1276 -189.4 ±0.6 4.9 ±0.5 -23.2 ±1.3 ? 1239 -189.36 ±0.63 4.91 ±0.48 -23.21 ±1.34 -164.22 ±0.73 SIMBAD -189.35 ±0.58 4.91 ±0.46 -23.21 ±1.29 -164.21 ±0.59 5053 -189 4 -23 -164 1196 (annex) -189 4 -23 ? 1274 -189 3 -23 ? ARICNS -189 2 ? -161 1201 -188.5 ±0.6 6.6 ±0.6 -20.5 ±1.6 ? 1266 -187.2 ±1.3 5.3 ±0.7 -21.8 ±1.8 -163.2 ±0.5 AJ121-2189 ? ? ? -164.22 ------------------------------------------------------- Total Proper motion and Direction mas arcdeg data Cat Aldebaran Regulus Antares Fomalhaut 1238 200 161 249 270 24 195 372 116 ARICNS 200 161.1 249 270.4 ? 372 115.6 5070 200 161.1 ? ? 372 115.6 ------------------------------------------------------- Radial Velocity km/s data Cat Aldebaran Regulus Antares Fomalhaut 1201 +54.9 +4.9 -3.9 ? 5070 +54.5 ? ? +6.1 3213 +54.3 A +5.9 B -3.5 ±0.7 +6.1 ±0.7 SIMBAD +54.3 ±0.9 +5.9 ±2 -3.4 ±0.9 +6.5 ±0.9 3190 +54.3 A +5.9 B -3.4 A +6.5 A 5109 +54.1 +5.9 -3.0 +6.1 1196 +54.1 +5.9 ±1.3 ? +6.1 1149 +54.1 +3.5 -3.2 +6.5 5053 +54 +6 -3 +7 5050 +54 +6 -3 +7 ARICNS +53.8 A +5.9 B ? +6.1 A AA381-446 ? ? 0.0 ±1.9 ? 3216 ? ? ? +7.000 AAS135-503 ? ? ? +6.82 ±0.69 ------------------------------------------------------- Parallax mas data Cat Aldebaran Regulus Antares Fomalhaut ApJ348-253 54 ? ? ? SIMBAD 50.09 ±0.95 42.09 ±0.79 5.40 ±1.68 130.08 ±0.92 5109 50.09 ±0.950 42.09 ±0.790 5.40 ±1.680 130.08 ±0.920 1239 50.09 ±0.95 42.09 ±0.79 5.40 ±1.68 130.08 ±0.92 5053 50 42 5 130 1280 49.65 ±0.94 42.12 ±0.79 7.00 ±1.67 129.49 ±0.92 5070 49.4 ±4.9 ? ? 153.7 ±7.7 1238 48.6 ±3.0 G 44.2 ±8.8 F 22.9 ±7.9 G 145.5 ±9.1 G ARICNS 48.6 ±3.0 G 44.2 ±8.8 F ? 145.5 ±9.1 G 5050 48 45 24 (11) 149 1149 48 39 19 144 1196 48 ±4 T 39 ±7 T 12 D 144 ±7 T 1201 48 39 ? ? AA381-446 ? ? 6.72 ±0.43 ? AJ121-2189 ? ? ? 130.08 ------------------------------------------------------- Distance data Cat Aldebaran Regulus Antares Fomalhaut ARICNS 20.58 ±1.27 pc 26.18 ±5.89 pc ? 6.87 ±0.43 pc 5053 65 ly 77 ly 381 ly 25 ly ------------------------------------------------------- Apparent Magnitude data Cat Aldebaran Regulus Antares Fomalhaut 1274 1.1 1.3 1.2 ? 1259 1.000 ±0.011 1.403 ±0.011 1.088 ±0.007 1.234 ±0.007 5109 0.990 ±0.011 1.410 ±0.007 1.070 ±0.008 1.230 ±0.007 1239 0.87 1.36 1.06 1.17 1196 0.867 ±0.017 1.360 ±0.031 1.02 ±0.09 1.166 ±0.019 5053 0.86 1.35 0.91 1.16 ARICNS 0.86 1.35 ? 1.15 3190 0.86 1.34 1.08 1.3 3213 0.86 1.34 0.96 1.16 WDS2002 0.85 1.40 0.96 ? SIMBAD 0.85 1.35 1.09 1.16 1238 0.85 1.35 0.96 1.16 5050 0.85 1.35 0.96 1.16 1149 0.85 1.35 0.9 1.16 3216 0.850 ? 0.960 1.160 5070 0.85 ? ? 1.16 ApJ348-253 0.85 ? ? ? 3148 ? 1.35-1.36 ? 1.16-1.15 AJ121-2189 ? ? ? 1.17 AAS135-503 ? ? ? 1.17 ------------------------------------------------------- Absolute Visual Magnitude data Cat Aldebaran Regulus Antares Fomalhaut ARICNS -0.71 ±0.1-0.2 -0.74 ±0.3-0.5 ? 1.96 ±0.1-0.2 5070 -0.68 ±0.2-0.3 ? ? 2.09 ±0.1-0.2 ApJ348-253 -0.5 ? ? ? ------------------------------------------------------- Spectral Class and Luminosity data Cat Aldebaran Regulus Antares Fomalhaut 5109 K5+III B7 V M1.5 Iab A3 V 1238 K5+III B7 V M1.5 Iab A3 V 5050 K5+III B7 V M1.5 Iab-Ib A3 V 5053 K5 III B7 V M1.5 Iab-Ib A3 V SIMBAD K5 III B7 V M1.5 Ib A3 V 1196 K5 III B7 V M1 Ib A3 V 1280 K5 III B7 V M1 Ib A3 V 1239 K5 III B7 V M1 Ib A3 V WDS2002 K5 III B7 V M2 ? 3213 K5 III B8 V M1.5 Ib A3 V 3190 K5 III B8 V M1 Ib A2 ARICNS K5 III B7 V ? A3 V 5070 K5 III ? ? A3 V 1149 K5 B8 M0 A3 1146/1193 K5 B8 M0 A3 1274 K5 B8 M1 ? 1201 K5 B8 M1 ? ------------------------------------------------------- Ecl. Long. arcdeg data Cat Aldebaran Regulus Antares Fomalhaut SIMBAD 69.79 149.83 249.76 333.86 5053 69.79 149.83 249.76 333.86 1196 69.09 149.13 249.06 333.16 ------------------------------------------------------- Ecl. Lat. arcdeg data Cat Aldebaran Regulus Antares Fomalhaut 1196 -5.48 +0.46 -4.56 -21.13 SIMBAD -5.47 +0.46 -4.57 -21.14 5053 -5.47 +0.46 -4.57 -21.14 ------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------- 30 Selected Catalogs: ------------------------------------------------------- SIMBAD (Combined Data) (2003) ARICNS ARI Data Base for Nearby Stars (CNS4) (2003) WDS 2002 The Washington Visual Double Star Catalog (2003) 1284 The USNO-B1.0 Catalog (Monet+, 2003) 5109 SKY2000 Catalog, Version 4 (Myers+, 2002) 1276 Tycho Double Star Catalogue (TDSC) (Fabricius+, 2002) 1274 Catalog of Components of Double & Multiple stars (Dommanget+, 2002) AA381-446 Astrometric Radial Velocities. III. (Madsen+, 2002) 1280 All-sky Compiled Catalogue of 2.5 million stars (Kharchenko, 2001) AJ121-2189 Stars within 8 pc of the Sun (Oppenheimer+, 2001) 1266 Proper motions of fundamental stars (PMFS) (Gontcharov+, 2001) 3216 Stellar Radial Velocities 1991-1998 (Malaroda+, 2001) 3213 General Catalog of mean radial velocities (Barbier-Brossat+, 2000) 1259 The Tycho-2 Catalogue (Hog+, 2000) AAS135-503 Hipparcos southern B8-F2 stars radial velocities (Grenier+, 1999) 1246 The ACT Reference Catalog (Urban+, 1997) 1239 The Hipparcos and Tycho Catalogues (ESA, 1997) 3190 WEB Catalog of Radial Velocities (Duflot+, 1995) 1238 Yale Trigonometric Parallaxes, Fourth Edition (van Altena+, 1995) 1201 XZ Catalog of Zodiacal Stars (Dunham & Warren, 1995) 1196 Hipparcos Input Catalogue, Version 2 (Turon+, 1993) 1193 Positions and Proper Motions - South (Bastian+, 1993) 3148 Interstellar lines catalogue (Garcia, 1991) 5070 Nearby Stars, Preliminary 3rd Version (Gliese+, 1991) 5050 Bright Star Catalogue, 5th Revised Ed. (Hoffleit+, 1991) ApJ348-253 Late type giants and supergiants in X-Ray (Maggio+, 1990) 1131 SAO Star Catalog J2000 (SAO Staff 1966; USNO, ADC, 1990) 5053 Catalogue of the Brightest Stars (Ochsenbein+, 1988) 1149 Fifth Fundamental Catalogue (FK5) Part I (Fricke+, 1988) 1146 Positions and Proper Motions - North (Roeser+, 1988) ------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------- Catalog Numbers of Four Stars: Aldebaran (a-Tau) Regulus (a-Leo) Antares (a-Sco) Fomalhaut (a-PsA) USNO B1.0 1065-0048822 1019-0203254 0635-0394964 0603-0958026 Tycho 2 1266-01416-1 0833-01381-1 6803-02158-1 6977-01267-1 Hipparcos 21421 49669 80763 113368 DM B+16 629 B+12 2149 C-26 11359 C-30 19370 HD 29139 87901 148478 216956 FK5 168 380 616 867 HR 1457 3982 6134 8728 SAO 94027 98967 184415 191524 GC 5605 13926 22157 32000 PPM 120061 127140 265579 274426 GCTP 1014.00 2384.00 3741.00 5565.00 WEB 4111 9160 13658 20167 SKY2000 4350118 10080053 16290068 22570098 ASCC 838711 949713 1684349 1711946 Aldebaran (a-Tau) Regulus (a-Leo) Antares (a-Sco) Fomalhaut (a-PsA) ------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------- Selected Data: Raw Material ------------------------------------------------------- > Right Ascension in arcdegrees (cat.1239, Equator=J2000, Epoch=J1991.25) error in 1000 arcseconds as RA*cos(decl) Aldebaran Regulus Antares Fomalhaut 68.98000195 ±0.85 152.09358075 ±0.71 247.35194804 ±1.52 344.41177323 ±0.79 ------------------------------ > Declination in arcdegrees (cat.1239, Equator=J2000, Epoch=J1991.25) error in 1000 arcseconds Aldebaran Regulus Antares Fomalhaut +16.50976164 ±0.53 +11.96719513 ±0.49 -26.43194608 ±1.08 -29.62183701 ±0.64 ------------------------------ > Proper Motion in R.A. in 1000 arcseconds (cat.1266, Equator=J2000, Epoch=J1991.25) as mu_RA*cos(decl) Aldebaran Regulus Antares Fomalhaut +64.7 ±0.5 -248.7 ±0.4 -9.3 ±0.8 333.2 ±0.5 ------------------------------ > Proper Motion in Decl. in 1000 arcseconds (cat.1266, Equator=J2000, Epoch=J1991.25) Aldebaran Regulus Antares Fomalhaut -187.2 ±1.3 +5.3 ±0.7 -21.8 ±1.8 -163.2 ±0.5 ------------------------------ > Radial Velocity in km/s (cat.3213) Aldebaran Regulus Antares Fomalhaut +54.3 A +5.9 B -3.5 ±0.7 +6.1 ±0.7 ------------------------------ > Trigonometric Parallax in 1000 arcseconds (cat.1239) Aldebaran Regulus Antares Fomalhaut 50.09 ±0.95 42.09 ±0.79 5.40 ±1.68 130.08 ±0.92 ------------------------------ > Apparent Magnitude (cat.1196) Aldebaran Regulus Antares Fomalhaut 0.867 ±0.017 1.360 ±0.031 1.02 ±0.09 1.166 ±0.019 ------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------- Copyright © 2003-2007 Haluk Akcam