Y-Cen (Star)

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

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From Jacksonville , y-Cen is visible between 01:23 and 03:42. It will become accessible at around 01:23, when it rises to an altitude of 21° above your southern horizon. It will reach its highest point in the sky at 02:32, 24° above your southern horizon. It will become inaccessible at around 03:42 when it sinks below 21° above your southern horizon.

Name Y-Cen
Object type Star
Other names
y-Cen
y Centauri
HR 5222[1]
HD 120987
HIP 67819[3]
TYC 7291-1975-1[2]
Position
Right ascension:13h53m32s [2]
Declination:−35°39'51" [2]
Constellation:Centaurus
Magnitude:6.23 (V) [2]
6.71 (BT) [2]
6.27 (VT) [2]
Distance:52.3 parsec
170.4 lightyrs [3]
B-V Color (mag):0.38
Proper motion (speed):87.2 mas/yr[3]
Proper motion (pos ang):253.1°
Derived quantities
Absolute mag (V):2.64

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