HIP 480-483 / 485-490

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HIP 480-483 / 485-490

Post #1by ICEHUNTER » 05.12.2002, 09:51

Is anybody useing HIP 480-483 / 485-490???
I can't find HIP 484. Why?

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Post #2by selden » 05.12.2002, 18:19

You can access the Hipparcos database at http://astro.estec.esa.nl/Hipparcos/HIPcatalogueSearch.html to learn the details about any of the stars that have HIP designations.

HIP 484 has a negative trigonometric parallax.
In other words, they didn't manage to get valid distance measurement.
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Post #3by ICEHUNTER » 05.12.2002, 18:30

Thanks for the information
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