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public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 4:43 
Transit: 13:01 
Sunset: 21:19
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2 Centauri

Below the horizon.  Rise: 18:54 | Tran: 20:53 | Set: 22:53
Alt: -73.09°   Az: 358.15°   Direction: North

2 Centauri is a variable giant star of spectral class M4 in the constellation of Centaurus.

2 Centauri visual magnitude is 4.19. Because of its moderate brightness, 2 Centauri is easily visible to the naked eye from locations with dark skies, while it might be barely visible, or not visible at all, from light-polluted skies.

Image of 2 Centauri star
DSS2 image of 2 Centauri. The red arrow shows the motion of 2 Centauri during the next 10000 years (-7.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -9.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

13h 50m 55s
-34° 34’ 35”
11h 57m 23s
01h 48m 19s

J2000

13h 49m 26s
-34° 27’ 02”

Galactic Coordinates

316.32°
26.91°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 2 Centauri.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.19
Giant

0.51
M4III
3794K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 2 Centauri is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 2 Centauri. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

2 Centauri is distant 177.27 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 41 kilometers per second.

54.38
177.27
41 km/s
-0.042 arcsec/y
-0.057"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO204875
SAO204875

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 2 Centauri rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 124.6°
Max altitude: 3.9°
Azimuth: 235.4°