V817-Cen (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Cambridge , V817-Cen is not readily observable since it lies so far south that it will never rise more than 6° above the horizon.
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Name
V817-Cen
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 12h08m54s [4] |
| Declination: | −41°13'53" [4] |
| Constellation: | Centaurus |
| Magnitude: Variable | 5.49 (V) [2] 5.38 (BT) [2] 5.48 (VT) [2] 5.49 (G) [4] 5.45 (BP) [4] 5.53 (RP) [4] |
| Distance: | 557.8 parsec 1818.5 lightyrs [4] |
| B-V Color (mag): | -0.09 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 13.7 mas/yr[4] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 235.7° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | -3.24 |
Sources