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Beta Centauri, a blue giant that points with Alpha Centauri to the Southern Cross.
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What it is
- Brightness
- Magnitude 0.61, the 11th brightest star in the night sky
- Distance
- 392 light years
- Kind of star
- Blue-white giant, spectral type B1 III
- Light it gives out
- About 7,200 times the Sun’s, in visible light
- Constellation
- Centaurus, where it is β Centauri
- Catalogue number
- HIP 68702
Figures from HYG database 4.1 (Hipparcos, Yale Bright Star and Gliese catalogues), CC BY-SA 4.0. All sources