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C3 Centauri
Observation data
Epoch J2000.0      Equinox J2000.0
Constellation Centaurus[1]
Right ascension 11h 37m 33.98833s[2]
Declination −47° 44′ 50.2343″[2]
Apparent magnitude (V) +5.46[1]
Characteristics
Spectral type K2 III[3]
B−V color index +1.23±0.01[1]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)−0.18±0.40[2] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: −68.956[2] mas/yr
Dec.: +16.362[2] mas/yr
Parallax (π)9.5467±0.1227 mas[2]
Distance342 ± 4 ly
(105 ± 1 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)+0.30[1]
Details
Mass2.16[4] M
Radius15.85+0.30
−0.44
[2] R
Luminosity95.8±1.5[2] L
Surface gravity (log g)2.12[5] cgs
Temperature4,535+174
−43
[2] K
Metallicity [Fe/H]0.10[4] dex
Rotational velocity (v sin i)>1.0[6] km/s
Other designations
C3 Cen, CD−47°6997, HD 101067, HIP 56700, HR 4476, SAO 222917[7]
Database references
SIMBADdata

C3 Centauri is a suspected astrometric binary[8] star system in the southern constellation of Centaurus. It has an orange hue and is dimly visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of +5.46.[1] The distance to this object is approximately 342 light years based on parallax.[2] It is a member of the Hyades Stream of co-moving stars.[9]

The visible component of this system is an aging giant star with a stellar classification of K2 III,[3] which indicates it has exhausted the supply of hydrogen at its core then cooled and expanded off the main sequence. At present it has 2.16 times the Sun's mass and with nearly sixteen[2] times the girth of the Sun. It is radiating 96[2] times the luminosity of the Sun from its swollen photosphere at an effective temperature of 4,535 K.[2]

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