W-Cen (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Cambridge , w-Cen is not observable because it lies so far south that it never rises above the horizon.
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Name
W-Cen
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 12h42m35s [4] |
| Declination: | −48°48'47" [4] |
| Constellation: | Centaurus |
| Magnitude: | 4.66 (V) [2] 6.04 (BT) [2] 4.77 (VT) [2] 4.36 (G) [4] 4.90 (BP) [4] 3.68 (RP) [4] |
| Distance: | 59.4 parsec 193.6 lightyrs [4] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 1.08 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 127.7 mas/yr[4] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 256.2° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | 0.79 |
Sources