Beta Aurigae

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* bet Aur -- Eclipsing binary of Algol type Origin of the objects types : (Ref) Object type as listed in the reference "Ref" (acronym) Object type linked to the acronym according to the original reference () Anterior to 2007, before we can link the objet type to a reference, or given by the CDS team in some particular cases Other object types: Al* (), * (*,AG,...), ** (ADS,CCDM,...), IR (IRAS,IRC,...), SB* (SBC7,SBC9), V* (V*), UV (TD1) Syntax of coordinates is : "ra dec (wtype) [error ellipse] quality bibcode" : ra dec : right ascension and declination (unit and frame defined according to your Output Options) Grey values are increasing the original precision due to the computation of frame transformations (wtype) : wavelength class for the origin of the coordinates (Rad, mm, IR, Optical, UV, Xray, Gam) [error ellipse] : coordinates error major axis, minor axis (in mas at defined epoch and convolved with error on propermotion), position angle (in degrees North celestial pole to East) quality : flag of quality E ≥ 10" D : 1-10" (and some old data) C : 0.1-1" B : 0.01-0.1" + 2MASS, Tyc A : VLBI, Hipparcos bibcode : bibcode of the coordinates reference ICRS coord. (ep=J2000) : 05 59 31.7229284 +44 56 50.757259 (Optical) [ 0.20 0.11 90 ] A 2007A&A...474..653V Syntax of coordinates is : "ra dec (wtype) [error ellipse] quality bibcode" : ra dec : right ascension and declination (unit and frame defined according to your Output Options) Grey values are increasing the original precision due to the computation of frame transformations (wtype) : wavelength class for the origin of the coordinates (Rad, mm, IR, Optical, UV, Xray, Gam) [error ellipse] : coordinates error major axis, minor axis (in mas at defined epoch and convolved with error on propermotion), position angle (in degrees North celestial pole to East) quality : flag of quality E ≥ 10" D : 1-10" (and some old data) C : 0.1-1" B : 0.01-0.1" + 2MASS, Tyc A : VLBI, Hipparcos bibcode : bibcode of the coordinates reference FK4 coord. (ep=B1950 eq=1950) : 05 55 51.5711586 +44 56 40.762106 [ 12.50 5.50 0 ] Syntax of coordinates is : "ra dec (wtype) [error ellipse] quality bibcode" : ra dec : right ascension and declination (unit and frame defined according to your Output Options) Grey values are increasing the original precision due to the computation of frame transformations (wtype) : wavelength class for the origin of the coordinates (Rad, mm, IR, Optical, UV, Xray, Gam) [error ellipse] : coordinates error major axis, minor axis (in mas at defined epoch and convolved with error on propermotion), position angle (in degrees North celestial pole to East) quality : flag of quality E ≥ 10" D : 1-10" (and some old data) C : 0.1-1" B : 0.01-0.1" + 2MASS, Tyc A : VLBI, Hipparcos bibcode : bibcode of the coordinates reference Gal coord. (ep=J2000) : 167.4568387018 +10.4094382899 [ 0.20 0.11 90 ] Syntax of proper motions is : "pm-ra pm-dec [error ellipse] quality bibcode" pm-ra : mu-ra*cos(dec) (expressed in the ICRS system in mas/yr) pm-dec : mu-dec (expressed in the ICRS system in mas/yr) [error ellipse] : error major axis and minor axis (in mas), orientation angle (in deg) quality : flag of quality (A=best quality -> E=worst quality, {� } =unknown quality) bibcode : bibcode of the proper motion reference Proper motions mas/yr : -56.44 -0.95 [0.25 0.11 0] A 2007A&A...474..653V Syntax of radial velocity (or/and redshift) is : "value [error] (wavelength) quality bibcode" value : radial velocity or/and redshift (Heliocentric frame) according to your Output Options (redshift may be not displayed if the data value is <0 and the database inside value is a radial velocity) [error] : error of the corresponding value displayed before (wavelength) : wavelength range of the measurement : Rad, mm, IR, Opt, UV, Xray, Gam or  '∼'(unknown) quality : flag of quality ( A=best quality -> E=worst quality, {� } =unknown quality) bibcode : bibcode of the value's origin Radial velocity / Redshift / cz : V(km/s) -15.75 [0.62] / z(~) -0.000053 [0.000002] / cz -15.75 [0.62]    A 2004A&A...424..727P Syntax of parallax is : 'value quality [error] bibcode' value : parallax value quality : flag of quality (A=best quality -> E=worst quality, {� } =unknown quality) [error] : mean error bibcode : bibcode of the parallax reference Parallaxes (mas): 40.21 [0.23] A 2007A&A...474..653V Spectral type is made of 3 parts: %coding is composed of 4 parts : the spectral type, which is made of a temperature class, eventually a luminosity class (roman number) and/or spectral peculiarities; a quality letter: A=best quality→E=worst quality, {� } =unknown quality % a quality letter: A=best quality -> E=worst quality, {� } =unknown quality bibcode : bibcode of the spectral type reference Spectral type: A1IV-Vp C 2003AJ....126.2048G Syntax of fluxes (or magnitudes) is : "filter-name (System) flux-value [error] quality MultVarFlags bibcode" filter-name : U, B, V, R, I, G, J, H, K, u, g, r, i, z (System) : may be AB (default is Vega) flux-value : value of flux or magnitude [error] : error value quality : flag of quality of the flux value ( A=best quality -> E=worst quality, {� } =unknown quality) MultVarFlags : Mult is zero or one char (J) for joined photometry ; Var can be zero or two chars (V[0-4]) bibcode : bibcode of the flux reference Fluxes (9) : U 1.97 [~] C 2002yCat.2237....0D B 1.93 [~] C 2002yCat.2237....0D V 1.90 [~] C 2002yCat.2237....0D R 1.82 [~] C 2002yCat.2237....0D I 1.83 [~] C 2002yCat.2237....0D G 1.7141 [0.0100] C 2018yCat.1345....0G J 1.85 [~] C 2002yCat.2237....0D H 1.760 [0.168] D 2003yCat.2246....0C K 1.86 [~] C 2002yCat.2237....0D	SIMBAD with radius arcmin Interactive AladinLite view 2MASS DSS SDSSXMMIRACIRISGALEX VizieR photometry viewer    within radius arcsec The VizieR photometry tool allows for easy visualization of photometry points extracted around the Simbad position from photometry-enabled catalogues in VizieR. 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V* bet Aur	GEN# +1.00040183	JP11 1292	SBC9 366
* bet Aur	GJ 3375	2MASS J05593172+4456508	SKY# 9950
* 34 Aur	GSC 02924-02742	N30 1278	TD1 5675
ADS 4556 A	HD 40183	NAME Menkalinan	TYC 2924-2742-1
AG+44 608	HGAM 489	PLX 1373	UBV 21477
BD+44 1328	HIC 28360	PMC 90-93 165	UBV M 11650
CCDM J05596+4457A	HIP 28360	PPM 48617	uvby98 100040183
CSI+44 1328 1	HR 2088	Renson 10720	WDS J05595+4457Aa,Ab
FK5 227	IDS 05522+4456 A	ROT 951	WEB 5543
GC 7543	IRAS 05558+4456	SAO 40750	Gaia DR2 196656661174768512
GCRV 3730	IRC +40148	SBC7 256

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