E-Cen (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Fairfield , E-Cen is not readily observable since it lies so far south that it will never rise more than 0° above the horizon.
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Name
E-Cen
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 12h08m14s [4] |
| Declination: | −48°41'33" [4] |
| Constellation: | Centaurus |
| Magnitude: | 5.33 (V) [2] 5.31 (BT) [2] 5.33 (VT) [2] 5.33 (G) [4] 5.31 (BP) [4] 5.29 (RP) [4] |
| Distance: | 165.4 parsec 539.2 lightyrs [4] |
| B-V Color (mag): | -0.01 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 27.8 mas/yr[4] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 255.9° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | -0.76 |
Sources