Table information for 'apfs.fk6orbits'

General

Table Description: Stars with orbits (what should have been FK6, part 2)

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Resource Description: The Apparent Places of Fundamental Stars (APFS) give exact geocentric positions for a selected set of FK6 stars.

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This table has an associated publication. If you use data from it, it may be appropriate to reference Apparent Places of Fundamental Stars, Karlsruhe: G. Braun, ISSN 0174-254 X either in addition to or instead of the service reference.

To cite the table as such, we suggest the following BibTeX entry:

@MISC{vo:apfs_fk6orbits,
  year=2007,
  title={Intermediate and Apparent Places of Fundamental Stars},
  author={{GAVO} Data Center},
  url={https://dc.zah.uni-heidelberg.de/tableinfo/apfs.fk6orbits},
  howpublished={{VO} resource provided by the {GAVO} Data Center}
}

Columns

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NameTable Head DescriptionUnitUCD
comname Comname Common name N/A N/A
localid Identifier FK6 number of the star (it is identical with its FK5 or FK4sup number) N/A meta.id;meta.main
raj2000 RA The right ascension alpha of the star at epoch and equinox J2000.0 in the ICRS/HIPPARCOS system for the SI mode of the FK6. deg pos.eq.ra;meta.main
dej2000 Dec The declination delta of the star at epoch and equinox J2000.0 in the ICRS/HIPPARCOS system for the SI mode of the FK6. deg pos.eq.dec;meta.main
pmra PM α The proper-motion component of the star in alpha at epoch and equinox J2000.0 in the ICRS/HIPPARCOS system for the SI mode of the FK6, cos(δ) applied. deg/yr pos.pm;pos.eq.ra;meta.main
pmde PM δ The proper-motion component mu_delta of the star in delta at epoch and equinox J2000.0 in the ICRS/HIPPARCOS system for the SI mode of the FK6. deg/yr pos.pm;pos.eq.dec;meta.main
pres Parallax 'Resulting' parallax p_res of the star. This is either the HIPPARCOS parallax or a photometric/spectroscopic parallax. deg pos.parallax
v_rad v_rad Radial velocity km/s spect.dopplerVeloc;pos.heliocentric
period Period orbit period, 0 (not NULL) for no orbit yr N/A
ecc Ecc orbit eccentricity N/A N/A
tperi Tperi epoch of periastron yr N/A
a_major A_major orbit (full) major axis deg N/A
incl Incl orbit inclination N/A N/A
nodelength Nodelength length of ascending node of the orbit N/A N/A
peraparg Peraparg argument of periastron N/A N/A

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