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N2K Consortium

Index N2K Consortium

The N2K Consortium is a collaborative multinational effort by American, Chilean and Japanese astronomers to find additional extrasolar planets around stars that are not already being surveyed. [1]

20 relations: Apparent magnitude, Chile, Color index, Exoplanet, HD 109749, HD 149026, HD 149143, HD 224693, HD 33283, HD 86081, HD 88133, Japan, Magellan Telescopes, Metallicity, Parsec, Subaru Telescope, Sun, United States, W. M. Keck Observatory, Yale University.

Apparent magnitude

The apparent magnitude of a celestial object is a number that is a measure of its brightness as seen by an observer on Earth.

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Chile

Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a South American country occupying a long, narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west.

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Color index

In astronomy, the color index is a simple numerical expression that determines the color of an object, which in the case of a star gives its temperature.

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Exoplanet

An exoplanet or extrasolar planet is a planet outside our solar system.

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HD 109749

HD 109749 is a binary star about 192 light years away in the constellation of Centaurus.

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HD 149026

HD 149026, also named Ogma, is a yellow subgiant star approximately 250 light-years from the Sun in the constellation of Hercules.

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HD 149143

HD 149143 is a star located in Ophiuchus constellation that has spectral type of G0 located at a distance of 242 ly from us.

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HD 224693

HD 224693 (also known as HIP 118319) is a metal rich yellow subgiant star approximately 320 light-years away in the constellation Cetus.

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HD 33283

HD 33283 is an 8th magnitude star in the constellation Lepus.

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HD 86081

HD 86081 is a yellow-white dwarf star in the constellation Sextans south of the celestial equator.

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HD 88133

HD 88133 is an 8th magnitude star in the constellation of Leo.

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Japan

Japan (日本; Nippon or Nihon; formally 日本国 or Nihon-koku, lit. "State of Japan") is a sovereign island country in East Asia.

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Magellan Telescopes

The Magellan Telescopes are a pair of optical telescopes located at Las Campanas Observatory in Chile.

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Metallicity

In astronomy, metallicity is used to describe the abundance of elements present in an object that are heavier than hydrogen or helium.

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Parsec

The parsec (symbol: pc) is a unit of length used to measure large distances to astronomical objects outside the Solar System.

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Subaru Telescope

is the flagship telescope of the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, located at the Mauna Kea Observatory on Hawaii.

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Sun

The Sun is the star at the center of the Solar System.

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United States

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

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W. M. Keck Observatory

The W. M. Keck Observatory is a two-telescope astronomical observatory at an elevation of 4,145 meters (13,600 ft) near the summit of Mauna Kea in the U.S. state of Hawaii.

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Yale University

Yale University is an American private Ivy League research university in New Haven, Connecticut.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N2K_Consortium

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