α-Cen (Star)
![α-Cen Image of α-Cen](https://in-the-sky.org/image.php?style=medium&userimg=19910715_115946_7e8f70450993.png)
From Fairfield , α-Cen is not observable because it lies so far south that it never rises above the horizon.
Name
α-Cen
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Object type
Star
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Right ascension: | 14h39m39s [2] |
Declination: | −60°50'22" [2] |
Constellation: | Centaurus |
Magnitude: | 1.35 (V) [2] |
Distance: | 1.3 parsec 4.1 lightyrs [3] |
B-V Color (mag): | 0.90 |
Proper motion (speed): | 3.70 arcsec/yr[3] |
Proper motion (pos ang): | 282.5° |
Absolute mag (V): | 5.86 |
All times shown in Fairfield local time.