K-Cen (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From South El Monte , k-Cen is difficult to observe as it will appear no higher than 19° above the horizon. It is visible in the dawn sky, rising at 02:59 (PST) – 3 hours and 55 minutes before the Sun – and reaching an altitude of 19° above the southern horizon before fading from view as dawn breaks at around 05:49.
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Name
K-Cen
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 13h51m49s [4] |
| Declination: | −32°59'39" [4] |
| Constellation: | Centaurus |
| Magnitude: | 4.51 (V) [2] 4.34 (BT) [2] 4.50 (VT) [2] 4.51 (G) [4] 4.45 (BP) [4] 4.65 (RP) [4] |
| Distance: | 100.9 parsec 328.9 lightyrs [4] |
| B-V Color (mag): | -0.13 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 45.6 mas/yr[4] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 229.7° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | -0.51 |
Sources