R-Cen (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Cambridge , r-Cen is not readily observable since it lies so far south that it will never rise more than 16° above the horizon.
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Name
R-Cen
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 13h16m53s [4] |
| Declination: | -31°30'23" [4] |
| Constellation: | Centaurus |
| Magnitude: | 5.12 (V) [2] 6.32 (BT) [2] 5.22 (VT) [2] 4.85 (G) [4] 5.33 (BP) [4] 4.23 (RP) [4] |
| Distance: | 79.4 parsec 258.8 lightyrs [4] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 0.94 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 59.2 mas/yr[4] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 144.4° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | 0.62 |
Sources