Star in Centaurus

Hadar

β Cen HR 5267 HIP 68702 magnitude 0.61

From some ind-A name hadari (an untranslated proper name), for one of a pair of stars, the other one being al-wazn. Sci-A authors ventured to identify these stars as α/β Cen or α/β Col, but exactly what two stars were o…

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Astronomy

Official IAU information

Designation

HR 5267

HIP

68702

Bayer ID

β Cen

Visual magnitude

0.61

Right ascension (J2000)

210.956°

Declination (J2000)

-60.373°

IAU adoption

2016/08/21

Name origin

From some ind-A name hadari (an untranslated proper name), for one of a pair of stars, the other one being al-wazn. Sci-A authors ventured to identify these stars as α/β Cen or α/β Col, but exactly what two stars were originally intended, and the significance of their names, is unknown. "Hadar" was arbitrarily applied to β Cen in recent times.

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