Al Kurud
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Star Al Kurud / ϑ Columbae |
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| ϑ Col is roughly at the arrowhead. | |||||||||||||||
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Observation dates equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Constellation | Dove | ||||||||||||||
| Right ascension | 06 h 07 m 31.63 s | ||||||||||||||
| declination | -37 ° 15 ′ 10.5 ″ | ||||||||||||||
| Apparent brightness | 4.99 likes | ||||||||||||||
| Typing | |||||||||||||||
| B − V color index | -0.11 | ||||||||||||||
| Spectral class | B9 IV | ||||||||||||||
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| Radial velocity | +45.3 km / s | ||||||||||||||
| parallax | (4.28 ± 0.54) mas | ||||||||||||||
| distance | approx. 800 ly approx. 200 pc |
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| Visual absolute brightness M vis | −2 likes | ||||||||||||||
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Al Kurud (from the Arabic القرود, DMG al-qurūd 'the monkeys' orالغرود, DMG al-ġurūd 'the dunes') is the proper name of the star Theta Columbae ( ϑ Columbae / θ Columbae ) in the constellation Dove . Al Kurud is 5.0 mag bright, belongs to the spectral class B9 IV and is around 760 light years away from Earth.