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ψ Centauri (psi Centauri)

Below the horizon.  Rise: 3:40 | Tran: 4:24 | Set: 5:08
Alt: -29.94°   Az: 114.66°   Direction: East-South-East

ψ Centauri is a double hypergiant star of spectral class A0 in the constellation of Centaurus.

ψ Centauri visual magnitude is 4.05. Because of its moderate brightness, ψ 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 ψ Centauri (psi Centauri) star
DSS2 image of ψ Centauri. The red arrow shows the motion of ψ Centauri during the next 10000 years (-10.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

14h 22m 05s
-37° 59’ 58”
17h 51m 51s
08h 13m 57s

J2000

14h 20m 33s
-37° 53’ 07”

Galactic Coordinates

321.72°
21.71°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for ψ Centauri (psi Centauri).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.05
Hypergiant

-0.35
A0IV
10516K

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

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

Star System Properties

ψ Centauri is a visual double star which can be observed only with the help of very large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the ψ Centauri double sysyem:

4.05
13.55
9.5
36 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

ψ Centauri is distant 247.16 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 5 kilometers per second.

75.82
247.16
-5 km/s
-0.063 arcsec/y
-0.012"/y

Alternative Designations

ψ Centauri
(psi Centauri)
SAO205453
SAO205453

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 128.0°
Max altitude: 0.5°
Azimuth: 232.0°