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Field photometry for 3C 279 from the AAVSO Variable Star Database

Data includes all comparison stars within 0.5° of RA: 12:56:11.17 [194.04654167°] & Dec: -05:47:21.5 [-5.78930556°]

Report this sequence as X36483CMG in the chart field of your observation report.

AUID RA Dec Label V B-V Comments
000-BBT-363 12:56:10.29 [194.0428772°] -05:50:14.4 [-5.8373332°] 124 12.408 (—)10 0.599 (0.007)
000-BBT-351 12:55:54.09 [193.97537231°] -05:53:01.1 [-5.88363886°] 128 12.802 (—)10 0.817 (0.011)
000-BBT-379 12:56:28.45 [194.11854553°] -05:44:21.9 [-5.73941612°] 130 12.999 (—)10 0.742 (0.013)
000-BBT-354 12:55:58.61 [193.99420166°] -05:51:41.3 [-5.86147213°] 141 14.146 (0.006)10 0.523 (0.010)
000-BBT-380 12:56:32.87 [194.13696289°] -05:42:00.9 [-5.70025015°] 145 14.474 (0.008)10 1.145 (0.015)
  • AUID is the AAVSO Unique Identifier for the star. When reporting a problem, please include this AUID.
  • Coordinates are in J2000 sexagesimal format, followed by decimal degrees
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  • Label is that star's label when plotted on an AAVSO chart, usually (but not always) its V magnitude rounded to the nearest tenth.

Source Reference Table

Footnote Source Footnote Source Footnote Source
1 Tycho-2 17 ASAS 33 SRO50
2 GSC 1.2 18 SRO 34 K35
3 GSC 2.2 19 NA 35 Landolt2007
4 USNO A2.0 20 GCPD 36 Landolt2009
5 USNO B1.0 21 SDSS 37 BSM_S
6 GCVS 4.2 22 BSC 38 UCAC3
7 UCAC2 23 LONEOS 39 UCAC4
8 2MASS 24 WBVR 40 BSM-Hamren
9 AAVSO Charts 25 DENIS 41 BSM_Berry
10 CCD Henden 26 CMC14 42 TMO61
11 Downes 27 RRLyr 43 VSX
12 Hipparcos 28 BSM_NM 44 COKER30
13 HD 29 APASS 45 BSM_HQ
14 NSV 30 W28 46 Pan-STARRS
15 ACP 0.9 31 W30 47 Landolt2013
16 TASS 32 OC61 48 GAIA DR2