Zeta Centauri

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Zeta Centauri is a bright blue-white giant star in the southern constellation Centaurus, visible to the naked eye from much of the Southern Hemisphere.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf star
absoluteMagnitudeV ~−2.9
age_Myr tens of millions of years
apparentMagnitudeV 2.55
bayerDesignation ζ Centauri NERFINISHED
belongsTo Milky Way NERFINISHED
color blue-white
colorIndexB−V −0.22
constellation Centaurus NERFINISHED
declination −47° 17′ 18″
distanceFromEarth_ly ~380
distanceFromEarth_pc ~116
dominantHydrogenLines Balmer series NERFINISHED
effectiveTemperature_K ~20000
emits ultraviolet radiation
visible light
equatorialCoordinateEpoch J2000
evolutionaryStage subgiant or giant
flamsteedDesignation 3 Centauri NERFINISHED
galacticLatitude_deg ~+13
galacticLongitude_deg ~311
hasCompanions possible
hasNakedEyeVisibilityFrom Australia NERFINISHED
South America NERFINISHED
Southern Africa NERFINISHED
hdDesignation HD 119682 NERFINISHED
hemisphereVisibility Southern Hemisphere NERFINISHED
hipparcosDesignation HIP 67153 NERFINISHED
hrDesignation HR 5148 NERFINISHED
locatedIn southern celestial hemisphere
luminosity_solar ~3000
mass_solar ~7
metallicity_Fe_H near-solar
parallax_mas ~8.6
partOf Centaurus stellar population NERFINISHED
properMotionDec_mas_yr ~−13
properMotionRA_mas_yr ~−33
radialVelocity_km_s ~+6
radius_solar ~8
rightAscension 13h 55m 32s
rotationalVelocity_km_s ~180
spectralType B2.5IV
variableStar false
visibleToNakedEye true

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Centaurus containsStar Zeta Centauri