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 2° 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: | 11h51m08s [4] |
| Declination: | -45°10'24" [4] |
| Constellation: | Centaurus |
| Magnitude: | 4.47 (V) [2] 6.14 (BT) [2] 4.61 (VT) [2] 4.06 (G) [4] 4.72 (BP) [4] 3.29 (RP) [4] |
| Distance: | 126.3 parsec 411.6 lightyrs [4] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 1.30 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 73.4 mas/yr[4] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 263.8° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | -1.04 |
Sources