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.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Delta Cen 1
Delta Centauri canonical 1
δ Centauri 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (44)

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
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
linked to: Delta Centauri

δ Centauri
linked to: Delta Centauri
hasEquinox J2000.0
hasFlamsteedDesignation HR 4621
hasHDDesignation HD 105435
hasHIPDesignation HIP 59232
hasProperMotionDec_mas_yr ~−1
hasProperMotionRA_mas_yr ~−33
hasRadialVelocity_km_s ~+5
isBrightStarRankInCentaurus among the brightest stars in Centaurus
isCatalogedIn Bright Star Catalogue
Henry Draper Catalogue
Hipparcos Catalogue
isLocatedIn southern sky
isNearbyTo Epsilon Centauri
Zeta Centauri
isObservedIn optical wavelengths
isPartOf Milky Way
isProminentMemberOf Centaurus constellation
linked to: Centaurus
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

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Centaurus containsStar Delta Centauri
Delta Centauri hasBayerDesignation δ Centauri
linked to: Delta Centauri
Delta Centauri hasBayerDesignation Delta Cen
linked to: Delta Centauri