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Centaurus / s ɛ n ˈ t ɔːr ə s,-ˈ t ɑːr-/ is a bright constellation in the southern sky.One of the largest constellations, Centaurus was included among the 48 constellations listed by the 2nd-century astronomer Ptolemy, and it remains one of the 88 modern constellations.
This is the list of notable stars in the constellation Centaurus, sorted by decreasing brightness. Name B G. Var HD HIP RA Dec vis. mag. abs. mag. Dist. Sp. class Notes
Centaurus A (also known as NGC 5128 or Caldwell 77) is a galaxy in the constellation of Centaurus. It was discovered in 1826 by Scottish astronomer James Dunlop from his home in Parramatta , in New South Wales, Australia.
Proxima Centauri is the nearest star to Earth after the Sun, located 4.25 light-years away in the southern constellation of Centaurus. This object was discovered in 1915 by Robert Innes. It is a small, low-mass star, too faint to be seen with the naked eye, with an apparent magnitude of 11.13. Its Latin name
Zeta Centauri, Latinized from ζ Centauri, is a binary star system in the southern constellation of Centaurus. It has the proper name Alnair / æ ˈ n ɛər /, from Arabic: نير بطن قنطورس, romanized: nayyir baṭan qanṭūris, lit. 'the bright (star) of the body of the centaur'.
Theta Centauri or θ Centauri, officially named Menkent (/ ˈ m ɛ ŋ k ɛ n t /), [9] [10] is a single [11] star in the southern constellation of Centaurus, the centaur.With an apparent visual magnitude of +2.06, [2] it is the fourth-brightest member of the constellation.
Lambda Centauri, Latinized from λ Centauri, is a star in the southern circumpolar constellation of Centaurus. It has an apparent visual magnitude of +3.13, [2] which is bright enough to be seen with the naked eye from the Southern Hemisphere and places it among the brighter members of this
Map showing the location of NGC 3766. NGC 3766 (also known as Caldwell 97) is an open star cluster in the southern constellation Centaurus.It is located in the vast star-forming region known as the Carina molecular cloud, and was discovered by Nicolas Louis de Lacaille during his astrometric survey in 1751–1752. [2]