χ-Cen (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Cambridge , χ-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
χ-Cen
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 14h06m02s [4] |
| Declination: | −41°10'46" [4] |
| Constellation: | Centaurus |
| Magnitude: Variable | 4.33 (V) [2] 4.10 (BT) [2] 4.31 (VT) [2] 4.31 (G) [4] 4.21 (BP) [4] 4.49 (RP) [4] |
| Distance: | 154.1 parsec 502.5 lightyrs [4] |
| B-V Color (mag): | -0.18 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 31.1 mas/yr[4] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 229.9° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | -1.61 |
Sources