Observation data Epoch J2000.0 Equinox J2000.0 | |
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Constellation | Centaurus [1] |
Right ascension | 12h 50m 41.16339s [2] |
Declination | −33° 59′ 57.6527″ [2] |
Apparent magnitude (V) | 4.90 [1] |
Characteristics | |
Spectral type | B9V [3] |
B−V color index | −0.031±0.002 [1] |
Astrometry | |
Radial velocity (Rv) | +4.00±4.20 [1] km/s |
Proper motion (μ) | RA: −29.710 [2] mas/yr Dec.: −13.778 [2] mas/yr |
Parallax (π) | 7.9731±0.2191 mas [2] |
Distance | 410 ± 10 ly (125 ± 3 pc) |
Absolute magnitude (MV) | −0.53 [1] |
Details | |
primary | |
Mass | 4.3 [4] M☉ |
Radius | 4.3 [5] R☉ |
Luminosity | 169 [5] L☉ |
Surface gravity (log g) | 3.58 [5] cgs |
Temperature | 10,043 [5] K |
Rotational velocity (v sin i) | 230 [6] km/s |
Age | 321 [7] Myr |
secondary | |
Mass | 0.35 [4] M☉ |
Other designations | |
p Cen, CD−33°8653, FK5 1331, HD 111597, HIP 62683, HR 4874, SAO 203863, CCDM J12507-3400, WDS J12507-3400A [8] | |
Database references | |
SIMBAD | data |
HD 111597 is a suspected astrometric binary [9] star system in the southern constellation of Centaurus. It has the Bayer designation p Centauri, while HD 111597 is the star's identifier from the Henry Draper catalogue . The system is visible to the naked eye as a faint point of light with an apparent visual magnitude of 4.90. [1] It is located at a distance of approximately 410 light years from the Sun based on parallax, [2] and has an absolute magnitude of −0.53. [1] The system is a probable member of the Sco OB2 association of co-moving stars. [10] The visible component is a B-type main-sequence star with a stellar classification of B9V. [3]