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Proper Name	None
Bayer Designation	v Centauri
Flamsteed Number	None
HR (BSC)	5358
HD	125288
Constellation	Centaurus
Right Ascension	14h 20m 20s
Declination	-56° 23' 11"
Distance	c. 1,400 light years c. 400 parsecs
Magnitude	Apparent: +4.34 Absolute: -3.90
Spectral Class	B6Ib/II blue supergiant / bright giant
Optimum Visibility	May (usually visible from southern latitudes)

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A faint star in the belt of the Milky Way, near Centaurus' border with Lupus. It is very distant from Earth - well over a thousand light years away - and this great distance accounts for its apparent faintness. It is in fact a massive blue star of the supergiant class.

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