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HR 1017

33Alp Per

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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:hr1017
Source object type
star
Catalogue right ascension
51.0808 degrees
Catalogue declination
49.8611 degrees
Recorded magnitude
1.79 · 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
0.024 arcsec/year
Declination proper motion
-0.025 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
33Alp Per
bii
-5.8624
bv_color
0.48
bv_uncert
Not supplied
cdec
+495140
cdec_1950
+494105
class
2451
cra
032419.4
cra_1950
032044.6
dec
49.8611
dec_1900
49.50000000053
dec_1950
49.6846
dm_cat
BD
dm_num
+49 917
fk5
120
glat
-5.86
glon
146.57
hd
20902
hr
1017
ir_flag
I
lii
146.569
m_cnt
Not supplied
m_id
Not supplied
m_mdiff
10
m_sep
167
multiple
W
name
HR 1017
note
*
par_code
Not supplied
parallax
0.016
pmdec
-0.025
pmra
0.024
ra
51.0808
ra_1900
49.29500000079
ra_1950
50.1858
radvel
-2
radvel_comm
V
ri_code
Not supplied
ri_color
0.33
rotvel
18
rotvel_comm
Not supplied
rotvel_uncert
Not supplied
sao
38787
spect_code
Not supplied
spect_type
F5Ib
ub_color
0.37
ub_uncert
Not supplied
var_id
1125
vmag
1.79
vmag_code
Not supplied
vmag_uncert
Not supplied