Centaurus

6872 OBJECTS
RIGIL KENTAURUSOMEGA CENTAURICENTAURUS A
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Centaurus · 58° of sky top to bottom · stars to magnitude 6.5 · figure by the IAU and Sky & Telescope

Centaurus holds 6872 catalogued objects: 4316 stars, 2429 galaxies, 83 exoplanets, 27 star clusters, 9 unclassified, 7 nebulae, 1 black hole.

STARS · 4316GALAXIES · 2429EXOPLANETS · 83STAR CLUSTERS · 27UNCLASSIFIED · 9NEBULAE · 7BLACK HOLES · 1
[

THE FAMOUS ONES

] 6 ENTRIES
NAME
CLASS
MASS
DISTANCE
MAG
CONSTELLATION
Rigil Kentaurus★
G2V yellow main-sequence star
—
4.321 ly
−0.01 V
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Omega Centauri★
Globular cluster
—
17 700 ly
5.33 V
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Centaurus A★
Lenticular galaxy S0
—
12.00 Mly
7.22 V
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Proxima Centauri★
M5.5Ve red dwarf
—
4.227 ly
11.01 V
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ω Centauri IMBH★
Intermediate-mass black hole
8200.00 M☉
17 700 ly
—
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Proxima Cen b★
Terrestrial planet
1.06 M⊕
4.244 ly
—
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[

BRIGHTEST OBJECTS

] 12 SHOWN
NAME
CLASS
MASS
DISTANCE
MAG
CONSTELLATION
Rigil Kentaurus★
G2V yellow main-sequence star
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4.321 ly
−0.01 V
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Hadar
B1III blue-white giant
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392.0 ly
0.61 V
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Toliman
K1V orange dwarf
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4.321 ly
1.35 V
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Menkent
K0-IIIb orange giant
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58.82 ly
2.06 V
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γ Cen
A1IV+A0IV white subgiant
—
130.2 ly
2.20 V
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ε Cen
B1III blue-white giant
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427.5 ly
2.29 V
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η Cen
B2Ve blue-white main-sequence star
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305.7 ly
2.33 V
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ζ Cen
B2.5IV blue-white subgiant
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381.9 ly
2.55 V
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δ Cen
B2Vne blue-white main-sequence star
—
415.0 ly
2.58 V
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ι Cen
kA1.5hA3mA3Va white main-sequence star
—
58.78 ly
2.75 V
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λ Cen
B9II: blue-white bright giant
—
419.8 ly
3.11 V
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κ Cen
B2IV blue-white subgiant
—
383.3 ly
3.13 V
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