Epsilon Centauri

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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.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Epsilon Centauri canonical 1

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Statements (46)

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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Centaurus containsStar Epsilon Centauri