Stars in Centaurus
The brightest star in Centaurus is Rigil Kentaurus, at apparent magnitude 0.01 and 4 ly from Earth, one of 107 stars gravityfinder lists in the constellation, 11 of them carrying a name.
Brightest first. A constellation is a direction, not a neighbourhood: these stars share a patch of sky as seen from Earth and can sit thousands of light-years apart. The known worlds in this direction →
| # | Star | Magnitude | Distance | Class | Temperature |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rigil Kentaurus | 0.01 | 4.4 ly | Sun-like (yellow main-sequence) star | 5,790 K |
| 2 | Hadar | 0.61 | 361 ly | Blue giant | 25,000 K |
| 3 | Toliman | 1.33 | 4.4 ly | Orange dwarf (K-type main-sequence) star | 5,207 K |
| 4 | Menkent | 2.06 | 58.8 ly | K0IIIb | ~4,716 K |
| 5 | Gamma Cen | 2.20 | 130 ly | A1IV | ~10,422 K |
| 6 | Epsilon Cen | 2.29 | 427 ly | B1III | ~12,924 K |
| 7 | Eta Cen | 2.33 | 306 ly | B1Vn + A | ~12,630 K |
| 8 | Leepwal | 2.55 | 382 ly | B2.5IV | ~13,033 K |
| 9 | Delta Cen | 2.58 | 415 ly | B2IVne | ~12,066 K |
| 10 | Kulou | 2.75 | 58.8 ly | A2V | ~9,349 K |
| 11 | Lambda Cen | 3.11 | 420 ly | B9II: | ~10,709 K |
| 12 | Kappa Cen | 3.13 | 383 ly | B2IV | ~13,781 K |
| 13 | Heng | 3.41 | 437 ly | B2IV | ~14,219 K |
| 14 | Mu Cen | 3.47 | 506 ly | B2IV-Ve | ~12,902 K |
| 15 | Phi Cen | 3.83 | 525 ly | B2IV | ~14,192 K |
| 16 | Tau Cen | 3.85 | 131 ly | A2V | ~9,552 K |
| 17 | Upsilon¹ Cen | 3.87 | 427 ly | B2IV-V | ~13,781 K |
| 18 | Pi Cen | 3.90 | 358 ly | B5Vn | ~12,630 K |
| 19 | HR 5089 | 3.90 | 906 ly | G8II/III | ~4,336 K |
| 20 | Sigma Cen | 3.91 | 412 ly | B3V | ~13,395 K |
| 21 | Rho Cen | 3.97 | 379 ly | B3V | ~12,610 K |
| 22 | b Cen A | 4.01 | 320 ly | B2.5 V | – |
| 23 | HR 5471 | 4.01 | 339 ly | B2.5V | ~12,630 K |
| 24 | Psi Cen | 4.05 | 259 ly | A0IV | ~10,516 K |
| 25 | HR 5485 | 4.06 | 209 ly | K3III | ~4,024 K |
| 26 | HR 4522 | 4.11 | 390 ly | G0II | ~5,010 K |
| 27 | 2 Cen | 4.19 | 183 ly | M5III | ~3,764 K |
| 28 | 1 Cen | 4.23 | 63.3 ly | F3V | ~6,934 K |
| 29 | HR 4889 | 4.25 | 149 ly | A4IV | ~7,982 K |
| 30 | Xi² Cen | 4.27 | 467 ly | B1.5V | ~13,166 K |
| 31 | HR 4537 | 4.30 | 595 ly | B3V | ~12,469 K |
| 32 | HR 5358 | 4.30 | 1,226 ly | B6Ib | ~9,205 K |
| 33 | 3 Cen | 4.32 | 344 ly | B5 | ~12,409 K |
| 34 | HR 4888 | 4.33 | 294 ly | K3/K4III | ~4,044 K |
| 35 | Upsilon² Cen | 4.34 | 1,269 ly | F6II | ~5,975 K |
| 36 | Chi Cen | 4.36 | 510 ly | B2V | ~13,537 K |
| 37 | HR 5378 | 4.41 | 457 ly | B2V | ~13,234 K |
| 38 | HR 4618 | 4.46 | 438 ly | B2IIIne | ~12,754 K |
| 39 | HR 4546 | 4.47 | 433 ly | K4III | ~4,152 K |
| 40 | HIP 67851 | 6.17 | 209 ly | K0 III | 4,840 K |
| 41 | HIP 67537 | 6.43 | 378 ly | K1 III | 4,985 K |
| 42 | HD 114729 | 6.68 | 123 ly | G0 V | 5,844 K |
| 43 | HIP 65891 | 6.75 | 490 ly | K0 III | 5,000 K |
| 44 | HIP 65426 | 7.01 | 355 ly | A2 V | 8,840 K |
| 45 | Matza | 7.01 | 319 ly | A2V | ~9,096 K |
| 46 | HD 117618 | 7.17 | 123 ly | G2 V | 5,990 K |
| 47 | Dofida | 7.17 | 124 ly | G2V | ~5,956 K |
| 48 | HD 117207 | 7.26 | 106 ly | G7 IV-V | 5,732 K |
| 49 | HD 102117 | 7.47 | 129 ly | G6 V | 5,655 K |
| 50 | Uklun | 7.47 | 129 ly | G6V | ~5,531 K |
| 51 | HD 121504 | 7.54 | 136 ly | G2 V | 6,027 K |
| 52 | HIP 56998 | 7.77 | 41.7 ly | K4/5V | 4,675 K |
| 53 | HIP 56640 | 7.94 | 399 ly | K1 III | 4,769 K |
| 54 | HD 109749 | 8.08 | 206 ly | G3 V | 5,824 K |
| 55 | HD 114082 | 8.20 | 311 ly | F3 V | 6,610 K |
| 56 | HD 101930 | 8.21 | 97.9 ly | K1 V | 5,108 K |
| 57 | HD 114386 | 8.73 | 91.1 ly | K3 VC | 4,895 K |
| 58 | HD 125595 | 9.03 | 92.0 ly | K4 V | 4,691 K |
| 59 | HD 113538 | 9.05 | 53.1 ly | K9 V | 4,462 K |
| 60 | HD 108236 | 9.25 | 211 ly | G3 V | 5,660 K |
| 61 | HD 103197 | 9.40 | 186 ly | K1 V(P) | 5,250 K |
| 62 | TOI-757 | 9.74 | 197 ly | K0 V | 5,278 K |
| 63 | HIP 67522 | 9.79 | 415 ly | G1 V | 5,675 K |
| 64 | WASP-131 | 10.07 | 653 ly | G0 | 5,990 K |
| 65 | HD 110113 | 10.09 | 347 ly | G | 5,732 K |
| 66 | TOI-6564 | 10.24 | 624 ly | G-type | 5,943 K |
| 67 | TOI-763 | 10.27 | 310 ly | G | 5,450 K |
| 68 | WASP-167 | 10.52 | 1,381 ly | F1 V | 7,000 K |
| 69 | WASP-87 | 10.73 | 973 ly | F-type | 6,450 K |
| 70 | NGTS-2 | 10.79 | 1,162 ly | F5 V | 6,478 K |
| 71 | TOI-6281 | 10.88 | 188 ly | K-type | 4,533 K |
| 72 | WASP-15 | 10.97 | 920 ly | F7 | 6,300 K |
| 73 | WASP-172 | 10.99 | 1,755 ly | F1 V | 6,900 K |
| 74 | Proxima Centauri | 11.01 | 4.2 ly | M5.5 V | 2,900 K |
| 75 | WASP-130 | 11.10 | 562 ly | G6 | 5,625 K |
| 76 | WASP-108 | 11.21 | 844 ly | F9 | 6,783 K |
| 77 | HATS-56 | 11.48 | 1,841 ly | F-type | 6,536 K |
| 78 | TOI-776 | 11.54 | 88.6 ly | M1 V | 3,725 K |
| 79 | HATS-58 A | 11.57 | 1,316 ly | F-type | 7,175 K |
| 80 | WASP-41 | 11.63 | 533 ly | G-type | 5,545 K |
| 81 | TOI-2641 | 11.69 | 1,122 ly | F9 V | 6,100 K |
| 82 | TIC 245076932 | 11.73 | 991 ly | F-type | 6,130 K |
| 83 | WASP-174 | 11.80 | 1,338 ly | F6 V | 6,399 K |
| 84 | PDS 70 | 12.03 | 369 ly | K7 | 4,109 K |
| 85 | WASP-42 | 12.17 | 578 ly | G-type | 5,315 K |
| 86 | WASP-129 | 12.18 | 983 ly | G1 | 5,900 K |
| 87 | TOI-3071 | 12.38 | 1,583 ly | F-type | 6,177 K |
| 88 | HATS-17 | 12.40 | 1,306 ly | G V | 5,846 K |
| 89 | WASP-171 | 12.61 | 2,472 ly | G0 | 5,965 K |
| 90 | WASP-192 | 12.68 | 1,660 ly | G0 V | 5,910 K |
| 91 | TOI-4930 | 12.70 | 1,349 ly | G-type | 5,625 K |
| 92 | NGTS-13 | 12.74 | 2,112 ly | G-type | 5,819 K |
| 93 | WASP-184 | 12.77 | 2,163 ly | G0 V | 6,000 K |
| 94 | HATS-27 | 12.78 | 2,665 ly | F | 6,438 K |
| 95 | TIC 390586021 | 13.08 | 374 ly | K-type | 4,435 K |
| 96 | NGTS-24 | 13.21 | 2,228 ly | G2 IV | 5,820 K |
| 97 | TIC 88785435 | 13.26 | 399 ly | K7 V | 3,998 K |
| 98 | NGTS-27 | 13.52 | 3,073 ly | G-type | 5,700 K |
| 99 | TOI-672 | 13.58 | 218 ly | M0 V | 3,810 K |
| 100 | TOI-4336 A | 13.60 | 73.5 ly | M3.5 V | 3,307 K |
| 101 | TOI-4898 | 13.62 | 322 ly | K-type | 4,202 K |
| 102 | HATS-67 | 13.70 | 3,131 ly | F-type | 6,594 K |
| 103 | HATS-54 | 13.94 | 2,442 ly | G6 V | 5,621 K |
| 104 | TOI-756 | 14.61 | 281 ly | M1 V | 3,657 K |
| 105 | NGTS-26 | 15.01 | 3,567 ly | G-type | 5,550 K |
| 106 | TOI-3235 | 15.16 | 237 ly | M V | 3,389 K |
| 107 | 2MASS J12073346-3932539 | 20.15 | 210 ly | M8 | 2,825 K |
Common questions
What is the brightest star in Centaurus?
The brightest star in Centaurus is Rigil Kentaurus, at apparent magnitude 0.01 and 4 ly from Earth, one of 107 stars gravityfinder lists in the constellation, 11 of them carrying a name.
What is the nearest star in Centaurus?
The nearest of them is Proxima Centauri, 4 ly away.