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| Centaurus | sen TAR us | The Centaur | |||||
| Star Name | Coords. | Dist.(ly) | Mag. | Spect. | Type of Star | Features, etc. | |
 
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Alpha
Centauri aka - Rigel Kentaurus
Toliman, Bungula | 14h 39' 36.2 -60° 50' 7 | 4.4 | - .3 A = 0
B = 1.35 | G2 V K1 V | Binary of Yellow and Orange Main Sequence | Closest System 3rd Brightest 80.1 year orbit |
| • | Proxima
aka - Proxima Centauri Alpha Centauri C
| 4.3 | 11 | M5 | Red Dwarf | Orbits the Alpha Centauri Binary at .1 ly distance | |
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| Agena
aka - Hadar Beta Centauri
| 14h 3' 49.4 -60° 22' 22 | 525 | .6 1 and 4
| B1 III | Blue Giant Double Star | 11th Brightest |
| Gamma Centauri | 12h 41' 30.9 -48° 57' 34 | 130 | 2.2 | A1 IV | Blue White Sub Giant | |
| Delta Centauri | 12h 8' 21.5 -50° 43' 20 | 395 | 2.58 | B2 IV | Blue Sub Giant | |
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| Epsilon Centauri | 13h 39' 53.2 -53° 27' 59 | 380 | 2.29 | B1 III | Blue Giant | |
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| Zeta Centauri | 13h 55' 32.3 -47° 17' 18 | 380 | 2.55 | B2.5IV | Blue Sub Giant | |
| Eta Centauri | 14h 35' 30.3 -42° 9 28 | 310 | 2.33 | B1.5 V | Blue Main Sequence | |
| Theta Centauri | 14h 6' 40.8 -36° 22' 12 | 61 | 2.06 | K0III | Orange Giant | |
| Iota Centauri | 13h 20' 35.7 -36° 42' 44 | 59 | 2.75 | A2 V | Blue White Main Sequence | |
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| Sigma Centauri | 12h 28' 2.3 -50° 13' 51 | 440 | 3.91 | B3 V | Blue Main Sequence | |
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| Tau Centauri | 12h 37' 42.1 -48° 32' 28 | 130 | 3.85 | A2 V | Blue White Main Sequence | |
| 1 Centauri HR 5168
| 13h 45' 41.2 -33° 2' 37 | 63 | 4.23 | F3 V | White Main Sequence | |
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| 3A - HR 5210
3 Centauri 3B - HR 5211
| 13h 51' 49.5 -32° 59' 48 | 300 | 4.51 | B5 III(i-) | Blue Giant | Possible Wide Orbital Binary |
| 13h 51' 50 -32° 59' 41 | 6.06 | B8 V | Blue Main Sequence | ||||
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| HR 4523 | 11h 46' 31 -40° 30' 2 | 30 | 4.89 | G3 / G5 V | Yellow Main Sequence | |
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| HR 4979 | 13h 12' 3.2 -37° 48' 11 | 67 | 4.85 | G3V | Yellow Main Sequence | |
| HR 4989 | 13h 14' 15 -59° 6' 12 | 59 | 4.90 | F7 IV | White Sub Giant | |