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Beta Centauri

Beta Centauri is a triple star system in the southern constellation of Centaurus. It is officially called Hadar (/ˈheɪdɑːr/). The Bayer designation of Beta Centauri is Latinised from β Centauri, and abbreviated Beta Cen or β Cen. The system's combined apparent visual magnitude of 0.61 makes it the second-brightest object in Centaurus and the eleventh…

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Apparent magnitude (V)
0.61
B−V color index
−0.23
Constellation
Centaurus
Declination
−60° 22′ 22.9266″
Evolutionary stage
main sequence
Right ascension
14h 03m 49.40535s

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Beta Centauri

Nodes58
Edges57
Triples50
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.034483
Components1

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Beta Centauri

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related to Nomenclature · 18
Beta Centauri → Agena, Arabic, August, Bayer, Centauri, Centauri Aa, Centaurus, Hadar, IAU Catalog, In, International Astronomical Union, It, Latin, Latinised, Star Names, The WGSN, WGSN, Working Group
related to Visibility · 12
Beta Centauri → Aa, Acrux, Alpha Centauri, Because, Cephei, Crux, Gacrux, Its, Pointers, Southern Cross, Southern Hemisphere, Using Gacrux
related to Stellar system · 10
Beta Centauri → All, B1, B1-type, Beta Centauri Aa, Beta Centauri Ab, In, Joan Voûte, The, The Beta Centauri, VOU
Apparent magnitude (V) · 1
Beta Centauri → 0.61
B−V color index · 1
Beta Centauri → −0.23
Constellation · 1
Beta Centauri → Centaurus
Declination · 1
Beta Centauri → −60° 22′ 22.9266″
Evolutionary stage · 1
Beta Centauri → main sequence
Right ascension · 1
Beta Centauri → 14h 03m 49.40535s
Spectral type · 1
Beta Centauri → B1 III

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centauri star beta aa stars ab magnitude centaurus system hadar component constellation distance name detected spectral variable apparent two system's

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Beta CentauriApparent magnitude (V)0.611.00infobox
Beta CentauriB−V color index−0.231.00infobox
Beta CentauriConstellationCentaurus1.00infobox
Beta CentauriDeclination−60° 22′ 22.9266″1.00infobox
Beta CentauriEvolutionary stagemain sequence1.00infobox
Beta CentauriRight ascension14h 03m 49.40535s1.00infobox
Beta CentauriSpectral typeB1 III1.00infobox
Beta CentauriU−B color index−0.981.00infobox
Beta CentauriVariable typeβ Cep/SPB1.00infobox
Beta Centauriis atriple star system in the southern constellation of Centaurus0.90text
Beta Centaurirelated to NomenclatureCentauri0.60section
Beta Centaurirelated to NomenclatureLatinised0.60section

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