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Proper Name	None
Bayer Designation	Gamma Circini
Flamsteed Number	None
HR (BSC)	5704
HD	136415
Constellation	Circinus
Right Ascension	15h 23m 23s
Declination	-59° 19' 15"
Distance	449 light years 138 parsecs
Magnitude	Apparent: +4.5 Absolute: -1.5
Spectral Class	B5 Blue Giant
Optimum Visibility	May / June (Usually visible from southern latitudes)
Notes	The primary star of this binary system is a variable of the Gamma Cassiopeiae classification. Material is shed from the rapidly spinning hot blue star in the form of an equatorial decretion disc, which extends out from the star and causes its brightness to fluctuate as seen from Earth.

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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