Z-Cen (Star)

R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.

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From Fairfield , z-Cen is not readily observable since it lies so far south that it will never rise more than 12° above the horizon.

Name Z-Cen
Object type Star
Other names
z-Cen
z Centauri
HR 5174[1]
HD 119921
HIP 67244[3]
TYC 7278-2043-1[2]
Gaia EDR3- 6163848170836256128[4]
Position
Right ascension:13h46m56s [4]
Declination:-36°15'07" [4]
Constellation:Centaurus
Magnitude:5.15 (V) [2]
5.14 (BT) [2]
5.14 (VT) [2]
5.13 (G) [4]
5.13 (BP) [4]
5.11 (RP) [4]
Distance:117.2 parsec
382.1 lightyrs [4]
B-V Color (mag):-0.01
Proper motion (speed):17.4 mas/yr[4]
Proper motion (pos ang):231.2°
Derived quantities
Absolute mag (V):-0.20

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