Epsilon Centauri

E760408

star

Epsilon Centauri is a bright blue-white giant star in the southern constellation Centaurus, visible to the naked eye and notable as one of its prominent stellar members.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	star ⓘ
absoluteMagnitudeV	~−4.5 ⓘ
age_Myr	~15 ⓘ
apparentMagnitude	2.30 ⓘ
bayerDesignation	Epsilon Centauri NERFINISHED ⓘ ε Centauri NERFINISHED ⓘ
belongsToAsterism	Centaurus constellation pattern ⓘ
catalogIdentifier	HD 123139 NERFINISHED ⓘ HIP 68933 NERFINISHED ⓘ HR 5267 NERFINISHED ⓘ
color	blue-white ⓘ
constellation	Centaurus NERFINISHED ⓘ
coreFusion	helium-burning or late hydrogen-shell-burning ⓘ
declination	−53° 27′ 59″ ⓘ
distanceFromEarth_ly	~380 ⓘ
distanceFromEarth_pc	~116 ⓘ
dominantEmission	photospheric ⓘ
effectiveTemperature_K	~25,000 ⓘ
equatorialCoordinateSystem	J2000 ⓘ
evolutionaryStage	post-main-sequence ⓘ
galacticLatitude_deg	~+5 ⓘ
galacticLongitude_deg	~309 ⓘ
hasColorIndex_BminusV	~−0.22 ⓘ
hasColorIndex_UminusB	~−0.95 ⓘ
hasCompanionsDetected	false ⓘ
hemisphereVisibility	southern sky ⓘ
locatedIn	Milky Way ⓘ Solar neighborhood ⓘ
luminosity_solar	~10,000 ⓘ
luminosityClass	III ⓘ
mass_solar	~12 ⓘ
metallicity_FeH	near-solar ⓘ
notableFeature	prominent bright member of Centaurus ⓘ
observedFrom	Earth NERFINISHED ⓘ
parallax_mas	~8.6 ⓘ
properMotionDec_masPerYr	~−13 ⓘ
properMotionRA_masPerYr	~−33 ⓘ
radialVelocity_kmPerSec	~+3 ⓘ
radius_solar	~10 ⓘ
rightAscension	13h 39m 53s ⓘ
rotationalVelocity_kmPerSec	high ⓘ
spectralClass	B1III ⓘ
surfaceGravity_logg	~3.5 ⓘ
variableStar	false ⓘ
visibleBestInMonth	May ⓘ
visibleToNakedEye	true ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Centaurus → containsStar → Epsilon Centauri ⓘ