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Gamma Circini
Proper Name
  None
Bayer Designation
  Gamma Circini
Flamsteed Number
  None
BSC
  5704
HD
  136415
Constellation
  Circinus
Right Ascension
  15h 23m 23s
Declination
  -59° 19' 15"
Distance
  510 light years
  156 parsecs
Magnitude
  Apparent: +4.5
  Absolute: -1.5
Spectral Class
  B5 Blue Giant
Optimum Visibility
  May
 A faint star a little over five hundred light years from the Solar System. In the sky, it lies in the Milky Way, between bright Alpha Centauri and the Southern Triangle. Gamma Circini is a binary system, containing a blue giant star with a yellow, F-type, companion.
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