Delta Centauri

E772337

Delta 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 −3.0
age_Myr tens of millions of years
apparentMagnitudeV 2.57
belongsToHemisphere southern celestial hemisphere
color blue-white
colorIndexB−V −0.22
constellation Centaurus NERFINISHED
declination −50° 43′ 21″
distanceFromEarth_ly ~410 light-years
distanceFromEarth_pc ~125 parsecs
effectiveTemperature_K ~21000
evolutionaryStage subgiant or giant phase
galacticLatitude ~+4°
galacticLongitude ~302°
hasBayerDesignation Delta Cen NERFINISHED
δ Centauri NERFINISHED
hasEquinox J2000.0
hasFlamsteedDesignation HR 4621 NERFINISHED
hasHDDesignation HD 105435 NERFINISHED
hasHIPDesignation HIP 59232 NERFINISHED
hasProperMotionDec_mas_yr ~−1
hasProperMotionRA_mas_yr ~−33
hasRadialVelocity_km_s ~+5
isBrightStarRankInCentaurus among the brightest stars in Centaurus
isCatalogedIn Bright Star Catalogue NERFINISHED
Henry Draper Catalogue NERFINISHED
Hipparcos Catalogue NERFINISHED
isLocatedIn southern sky
isNearbyTo Epsilon Centauri NERFINISHED
Zeta Centauri NERFINISHED
isObservedIn optical wavelengths
isPartOf Milky Way NERFINISHED
isProminentMemberOf Centaurus constellation NERFINISHED
luminosity_solar ~4000
mass_solar ~8
metallicityRelativeToSun slightly sub-solar
parallax_mas ~8.0
radius_solar ~6
rightAscension 12h 08m 21s
rotationalVelocity_km_s ~180
spectralClass B2 IV
variableStarStatus suspected variable
visibility visible to the naked eye

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Centaurus containsStar Delta Centauri