B-Cen (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Cambridge , b-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
B-Cen
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 14h41m57s [4] |
| Declination: | -37°47'37" [4] |
| Constellation: | Centaurus |
| Magnitude: | 3.97 (V) [2] 3.77 (BT) [2] 3.96 (VT) [2] 3.99 (G) [4] 3.88 (BP) [4] 4.12 (RP) [4] |
| Distance: | 99.7 parsec 324.9 lightyrs [4] |
| B-V Color (mag): | -0.16 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 43.7 mas/yr[4] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 223.1° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | -1.02 |
Sources