The stars of Mensa


The following table provides the basic data from the Bright Star Catalogue, 5th Revised Ed. (Preliminary Version) (Hoffleit+, 1991, Yale University Observatory) as distributed by the Astronomical Data Center at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center.
In addition to the basic data, there are extensive remarks, divided in several categories, that gives more detailed information on individual entries. An offline readable version of the Bright Star Catalogue is distributed with the Bright Star Catalogue Viewer.


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HR proper name Bayer Flamsteed HD SAO FK5 VarID RA
J2000
DEC
J2000
proper motion
in RA
arcsec/y
proper motion
in DEC
arcsec/y
parallax
arcsec
mag MK spectral class multiple
count
2261 a 43834 256274 239 6h 10m 14.4s -74° 45' 11" 0.118 -0.213 0.115 5.09 G6V
1953 g 37763 256201 214 5h 31m 52.9s -76° 20' 28" 0.111 0.283 0.02 5.19 K2III
1677 b 33285 256154 2380 5h 2m 43s -71° 18' 52" -0.005 0.004 0.013 5.31 G8III
2689 q 54239 256355 2545 6h 56m 34.4s -79° 25' 13" -0.007 0 5.45 B9.5V
1629 h 32440 256145 1138 4h 55m 11.2s -74° 56' 13" 0.024 0.059 0.026 5.47 K4III
2125 k 40953 256248 2451 5h 50m 16.7s -79° 21' 41" -0.009 0.066 5.47 B9V
2919 e 60816 256415 2583 7h 25m 38s -79° 5' 39" -0.033 0.003 -0.002 5.53 K2-3III
1541 m 30612 256122 177 4h 43m 3.9s -70° 55' 52" 0.008 0.033 5.54 B8II-IIISi:
2559 z 50506 258451 264 6h 40m 2.7s -80° 48' 49" -0.016 0.055 5.64 A5III
2022 p 39091 258421 5h 37m 9.8s -80° 28' 9" 0.305 1.054 0.044 5.65 G1V
1426 d 28525 258372 166 1591 4h 17m 59.1s -80° 12' 50" 0.018 0.061 5.69 K2-3III+A
1109 22676 255998 3h 29m 58.8s -78° 21' 7" -0.017 -0.028 5.7 G8III
1964 37993 256208 2422 WX Men 5h 34m 44.7s -73° 44' 29" -0.003 0.033 5.78 M3III
1456 n 29116 258378 4h 20m 57.9s -81° 34' 48" 0.003 0.127 5.79 F0-2III
1716 x 34172 258395 917 4h 58m 50.9s -82° 28' 14" -0.011 0.004 5.85 G8-K0III
1531 30479 256116 2350 4h 38m 21.7s -77° 39' 22" -0.01 -0.018 6.05 K2III
1991 i 38602 256214 Iot Men 5h 35m 36.3s -78° 49' 15" 0.008 0.017 6.05 B8III
2059 39780 258418 1659 TZ Men 5h 30m 13.9s -84° 47' 6" -0.008 0.046 6.2 B9.5IV-V
1700 33875 256160 2388 5h 6m 9.3s -73° 2' 16" 0.016 0.064 6.27 A1V
1606 31975 256139 4h 53m 5.5s -72° 24' 27" -0.052 0.276 6.28 F6V
1154 23474 256005 2261 3h 36m 30s -78° 19' 23" -0.021 0.001 6.29 K2III
1682 33519 256153 5h 0m 13.2s -78° 18' 1" -0.023 -0.012 6.29 K5-M0III
1815 35798 258405 3976 5h 12m 25.7s -81° 32' 30" 0.011 0.05 6.51 K1III
2062 l 39810 256239 2441 5h 47m 48.1s -72° 42' 8" -0.011 0.022 6.53 K0III
2283 44447 256285 6h 15m 5.9s -71° 42' 10" -0.025 0.061 6.64 F8V
1485 29598 258379 1658 4h 22m 50.9s -82° 53' 57" -0.018 0.003 6.76 A7IV-V