Skip to content
EntityQ5097683· pop 6· linked from 246 articles

r Centauri

Sign in to save

Also known as r Cen, HD 115310, HIP 64803, HIC 64803, HR 5006, GCRV 7892, GC 17968, PLX 3031

star in the constellation Centaurus

Astronomical data · SIMBAD

Object type
RG*
Spectral type
K0III
Distance
259 light-years
Redshift
z = 0.00004303069410083182
Coordinates
RA 199.2214° · Dec -31.5062°
View on SIMBAD →

via SIMBAD · CDS Strasbourg

Wikidata facts

Distance from Earth
79.381
Diameter
14100000
Show 14 more facts
spectral class
K1III
catalog code
SKY# 24542
apparent magnitude
4.853926
effective temperature
4987
parallax
13.21
radial velocity
12.9
metallicity
-0.07
stellar rotational velocity
4.728
surface gravity
1400
absolute magnitude
0.70
right ascension component of proper motion
34.475
declination component of proper motion
-48.146
right ascension
199.22138283382
declination
-31.50620127465
Sources (2)

via Wikidata · CC0

Available in 6 languages

via Wikidata sitelinks · CC0

Connections

Categories