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Xi-1
Its story
ξ¹ Centauri shines within the Centaur's body, the constellation that hosts Alpha Centauri, the closest stellar system to our Sun. White and of A-type, some 221 light-years away, she shares her sky with mythic southern landscapes: the Southern Cross to the southwest, the Milky Way crossing her flank from side to side.
- Constellation
- Centaurus
- Apparent magnitude
- 4.83
- Distance
- 220.6 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 195.889° · Dec -49.527°
- Catalogue
- HIP 63724 · HD 113314
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