Beta Columbae

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Star
Wazn (β Columbae)
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Observation
dates equinox :  J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Constellation Dove
Right ascension 05 h 50 m 57.6 s
declination -35 ° 46 ′ 6 ″
Apparent brightness 3.1 mag
Typing
Spectral class K1 III
Astrometry
Radial velocity (+88.9 ± 0.9) km / s
parallax (37.41 ± 0.12)  mas
distance (87.18 ± 0.28)  Lj
(26.73 ± 0.09)  pc
Physical Properties
Other names
and catalog entries
Bayer name β Columbae
Cordoba Survey CD −35 ° 2546
Bright Star Catalog HR 2040 [1]
Henry Draper Catalog HD 39425 [2]
Hipparcos catalog HIP 27628 [3]
SAO catalog SAO 196240 [4]
Tycho catalog TYC 7069-1482-1 [5]
Other names FK5  223

β Columbae ( Beta Columbae , β Col ) is a star of the spectral class K1 with an apparent magnitude of 3.1 mag. It is about 87  light years away from Earth.

The star has the proper name Wazn / Wezn (from Arabic "weight").

The IAU Working Group on Star Names (WGSN) has the proper name on July 20, 2016 wazn defined as standardized proper name for this star.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Hipparcos catalog (ESA 1997)
  2. ↑ Bulletin of the IAU Working Group on Star Names, No. 1, July 2016. (PDF) Retrieved November 9, 2016 (English, 184 KiB).