View source for M Centauri

{{Short description|Star in the constellation Centaurus}}
{{For|'''m Centauri'''|HD 116243}}
{{Starbox begin
| name = M Centauri
}}
{{Starbox observe
| epoch = J2000.0
| constell = [[Centaurus]]
| ra = {{RA|13|46|39.378}}<ref name="van Leeuwen2007"/>
| dec = {{DEC|−51|25|57.95}}<ref name="van Leeuwen2007"/>
| appmag_v = +4.64
}}
{{Starbox character
| class = G8-K0III
| b-v = +0.96
| u-b = +0.72
| variable = none
}}
{{Starbox astrometry
| radial_v = −6
| prop_mo_ra = 10.00 ± 0.42<ref name="van Leeuwen2007"/>
| prop_mo_dec = -27.62 ± 0.34<ref name="van Leeuwen2007"/>
| parallax = 12.42
| p_error = 0.48
| parallax_footnote = <ref name="van Leeuwen2007"/>
| absmag_v = +0.16
}}
{{Starbox orbit
|reference=<ref>{{cite journal|title=Astrometric orbits of S<sub>B<sup>9</sup></sub> stars|author1=Jancart, S.|journal=Astronomy and Astrophysics|volume=442|issue=1|pages=365–380|date=2005|bibcode=2005A&A...442..365J|doi=10.1051/0004-6361:20053003|arxiv=astro-ph/0507695|s2cid=15123997}}</ref>
|primary=M Centauri A
|name=M Centauri B
|period_unitless=437 days
|axis_unitless=6.45 mas
|inclination=48.2
|node=280.3
|periastron=2424163.0
|eccentricity=0.13
|periarg=58.6
}}
{{Starbox catalog
| names = [[Harvard Revised catalogue|HR]]&nbsp;5172, [[Henry Draper Catalogue|HD]]&nbsp;119834, [[Durchmusterung|CD]]−50°8017, [[Hipparcos catalogue|HIP]]&nbsp;67234, [[Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory catalogue|SAO]]&nbsp;241157, GC&nbsp;18607, CCDM&nbsp;J13467-5126}}
{{Starbox reference
| Simbad = HD+119834
}}
{{Starbox end}}
'''M Centauri''' (M Cen) is a [[binary star]] in the [[constellation]] [[Centaurus]].  It is approximately 260 [[light year]]s from [[Earth]].

M Centauri is a yellow [[stellar classification|G-type]] [[giant star|giant]] with an [[apparent magnitude]] of +4.64.  It is a [[spectroscopic binary]] with an [[orbital period]] of 437 days.

== References ==
{{Reflist|refs=

<ref name="van Leeuwen2007">{{cite journal | title=Validation of the new Hipparcos reduction | last1=van Leeuwen | first1=F. | journal=Astronomy and Astrophysics | volume=474 | issue=2 | pages=653–664 | year=2007 | arxiv=0708.1752 | bibcode=2007A&A...474..653V | doi=10.1051/0004-6361:20078357 | s2cid=18759600 }} [http://webviz.u-strasbg.fr/viz-bin/VizieR-5?-out.add=.&-source=I/311/hip2&recno=67006 Vizier catalog entry ]</ref>

}}

{{Stars of Centaurus}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:M Centauri}}
[[Category:Bayer objects|Centauri, M]]
[[Category:Centaurus]]
[[Category:Spectroscopic binaries]]
[[Category:G-type giants]]
[[Category:Bright Star Catalogue objects|5172]]
[[Category:Henry Draper Catalogue objects|119834]]
[[Category:Hipparcos objects|067234]]
[[Category:Durchmusterung objects]]


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