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Beta Centauri - Star, also called Hadar, approximately 525 light years from Earth's Solar System.
Some facts about Beta Centauri
- Apparent Visual Brightness (Sirius A = 1): 0.151
- Spectral type: B1 II
- Radial velocity: -12 km/s
- Proper Motion: 0.042 arcsecs/year
- Apparent Visual Magnitude: 0.61
- Absolute Visual Magnitude: -5.42
- Luminosity: 8.6e4 Solar Luminosities
