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Field photometry for OJ 287 from the AAVSO Variable Star Database

Data includes all comparison stars within 0.125° of RA: 08:54:48.88 [133.70366667°] & Dec: 20:06:30.6 [20.1085°]

Report this sequence as X36483YU in the chart field of your observation report.

AUID RA Dec Label V B-V Comments
000-BBQ-043 08:55:15.59 [133.81495667°] 20:09:43.2 [20.16200066°] 128 12.812 (0.010)29 0.672 (0.017)
000-BLX-797 08:54:59.54 [133.74807739°] 20:12:19.1 [20.2053051°] 133 13.327 (0.019)29 1.006 (0.053)
000-BBQ-029 08:54:54.41 [133.72671509°] 20:06:13.6 [20.10377693°] 146 14.630 (0.026)29 0.536 (0.048)
000-BLX-799 08:55:13.25 [133.8052063°] 20:13:15.3 [20.22091675°] 150 15.009 (0.046)29 0.768 (0.159)
000-BBQ-017 08:54:36.50 [133.65208435°] 20:04:02.3 [20.06730461°] 152 15.228 (0.025)29 0.667 (0.069)
000-BLX-800 08:54:36.03 [133.65013123°] 20:01:54.1 [20.03169441°] 156 15.581 (—)29 0.919 (—)
000-BLX-801 08:54:50.88 [133.71200562°] 20:09:03.4 [20.15094376°] 158 15.775 (0.010)29 0.557 (0.022)
  • 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