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υ1 Centauri (upsilon1 Centauri)

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -16.27°   Az: 215.46°   Direction: South-West

υ1 Centauri is a sub-giant star of spectral class B2 in the constellation of Centaurus.

υ1 Centauri visual magnitude is 3.87. Because of its moderate brightness, υ1 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 υ1 Centauri (upsilon1 Centauri) star
DSS2 image of υ1 Centauri. The red arrow shows the motion of υ1 Centauri during the next 10000 years (-4.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -4.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

14h 00m 15s
-44° 55’ 34”
03h 27m 26s
17h 27m 42s

J2000

13h 58m 40s
-44° 48’ 12”

Galactic Coordinates

315.29°
16.45°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for υ1 Centauri (upsilon1 Centauri).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

3.87
Sub-giant

-1.67
B2IV
13585K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where υ1 Centauri is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of υ1 Centauri. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

υ1 Centauri is distant 417.41 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 5 kilometers per second.

128.04
417.41
5 km/s
-0.025 arcsec/y
-0.024"/y

Alternative Designations

υ1 Centauri
(upsilon1 Centauri)
SAO224585
SAO224585

Visibility from Your Location

υ1 Centauri (upsilon1 Centauri) is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK