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HR 6217

Alp TrA

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A bounded starter sample: 50 bright-star records from HEASARC BSC5P, including 23 records with identified double-star components and historical separations, plus 108 OpenNGC deep-sky records associated with Messier numbers.

These are static catalogue measurements, not current sky positions or a complete census. Double-star records may describe the same pair; a pair is not necessarily a gravitationally bound binary. Separation dates and companion position angles are not available.

Missing measurements are unknown, not zero. Sizes can come from different wavelength bands and do not guarantee an object’s visible extent. No observability or equipment-resolution prediction is made here.

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Stable source identifier
bsc5p:hr6217
Source object type
star
Catalogue right ascension
252.1662 degrees
Catalogue declination
-69.0278 degrees
Recorded magnitude
1.92 · V (BSC5P; retain code/uncertainty flags)
Uncertainty flag: None reported; source code: None reported
Catalogue major / minor axes
Not reported / Not reported

Coordinate interpretation

Verified coordinate frame
FK5
Frame equinox
J2000.0
Catalogue reference epoch
Julian year 2000.0
Individual observation epoch
Not reported
RA proper motion, including cosine of declination
0.014 arcsec/year
Declination proper motion
-0.034 arcsec/year

The reference epoch describes when the catalogue position is expressed. It does not establish when individual observations were taken. Equinox describes the orientation of the coordinate axes.

Angular proper motion is available for a bounded calculation, but has not been applied here. No distance, radial velocity, perspective acceleration or companion orbit is inferred.

This page shows unchanged catalogue coordinates. It does not calculate current sky positions or observability.

Source and reuse: bsc5p

Hoffleit and Warren (1991), Bright Star Catalog, 5th revised preliminary edition; NASA/GSFC HEASARC

Original source / pinned release · NASA government-works; HEASARC free-use policy

Credit Hoffleit and Warren and NASA/GSFC HEASARC when reusing these records. Retain the source flags and historical measurement limitations.

Selection
Vmag <= 2.0, excluding 14 documented nonstellar HR identifiers
Retrieved
2026-10-01T21:40:09.869946+00:00
Reviewed subset SHA256
7fe926d80b535f9422ca81f8f3fee1d6422de29adaecfbd2f14b1a93fe5134b9
Original file hashes
bsc5p.tdat
e2b2f8e9d615426f9478f88061235976143d49d8b25c6c15df3f3661c7095b53
Coordinate-frame evidence

CDS VizieR · V/50/catalog

Exact source identifiers matched: 50. Evidence retrieved: 2026-10-01.

Pinned response SHA256
a3f83273ccaecf913a0d8e077413062c20ce1fc01ce890c80615a9572d5f1be9
Original source fields and flags

Original strings preserve missing values, photometric flags and per-field source codes. Blank means no value was supplied. No proper motion or companion position is calculated here.

ads
Not supplied
ads_comp
Not supplied
alt_name
Alp TrA
bii
-15.2588
bv_color
1.44
bv_uncert
Not supplied
cdec
-690140
cdec_1950
-685622
class
2622
cra
164839.9
cra_1950
164321.3
dec
-69.0278
dec_1900
-68.83333333439
dec_1950
-68.9395
dm_cat
CP
dm_num
-68 2822
fk5
625
glat
-15.26
glon
321.54
hd
150798
hr
6217
ir_flag
Not supplied
lii
321.536
m_cnt
Not supplied
m_id
Not supplied
m_mdiff
Not supplied
m_sep
Not supplied
multiple
Not supplied
name
HR 6217
note
Not supplied
par_code
Not supplied
parallax
0.031
pmdec
-0.034
pmra
0.014
ra
252.1662
ra_1900
249.5179166675
ra_1950
250.8387
radvel
-3
radvel_comm
Not supplied
ri_code
Not supplied
ri_color
Not supplied
rotvel
Not supplied
rotvel_comm
Not supplied
rotvel_uncert
Not supplied
sao
253700
spect_code
Not supplied
spect_type
K2IIb-IIIa
ub_color
1.56
ub_uncert
Not supplied
var_id
Not supplied
vmag
1.92
vmag_code
Not supplied
vmag_uncert
Not supplied