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Variable starIts story
Delta Centauri is one of those stars that breathes. It spins so fast —around 263 km/s at the equator— that it has flung off a disk of gas, and that disk forms and fades over the centuries, making the star flicker softly between magnitude 2.5 and 2.6. Its blue light, born 415 light-years away, has been crossing the ocean for centuries before reaching any southern observer.
- Constellation
- Centaurus
- Apparent magnitude
- 2.58
- Distance
- 415.0 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 182.090° · Dec -50.722°
- Catalogue
- HIP 59196 · HD 105435
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