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Proper Name	None
Bayer Designation	J Centauri
Flamsteed Number	None
HR (BSC)	5035
HD	116087
Constellation	Centaurus
Right Ascension	13h 22m 38s
Declination	-60° 59' 18"
Distance	367 light years 113 parsecs
Magnitude	Apparent: +4.53 Absolute: -0.65
Spectral Class	B3V blue main sequence star
Optimum Visibility	April / May (Usually visible from southern latitudes)

The sixth-magnitude star to the immediate north of J Centauri is the eclipsing binary V790 Centauri. Some sources list this as an outlying member of the J Centauri system, though more recent parallax data suggests that in fact it lies considerably farther from the Sun than J Centauri itself, thus forming an optical double rather than a true multiple star system. Imagery provided by Aladin sky atlas

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