Star · star
b Cen A
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temperature
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radius
5.50 M☉
mass
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luminosity
How long to get there · 320 ly away
At light speed, about 320 years to reach this system.
See the full survival timeline (jet to folding spacetime) →Size unknown: no measured radius for this star.
How it compares with our Sun
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as hot as the Sun
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the Sun's width
5.50×
the Sun's mass
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the Sun's light output
Worlds orbiting this star
Explore from here · roam the neighborhood
Zoom out: system → (soon) galaxy arm, and the host black hole at the galaxy's heart.
Can you see it tonight?
VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE
Brightness mag 4.0To see it no equipment needed
Illustration generated from b Cen A's temperature, not a photograph.