U-Cen (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Fairfield , u-Cen is not readily observable since it lies so far south that it will never rise more than 9° above the horizon.
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Name
U-Cen
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 12h28m22s [4] |
| Declination: | −39°02'28" [4] |
| Constellation: | Centaurus |
| Magnitude: | 5.43 (V) [2] 5.37 (BT) [2] 5.43 (VT) [2] 5.43 (G) [4] 5.40 (BP) [4] 5.46 (RP) [4] |
| Distance: | 150.4 parsec 490.3 lightyrs [4] |
| B-V Color (mag): | -0.05 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 30.8 mas/yr[4] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 245.6° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | -0.45 |
Sources