D Centauri [SEP] constellation
D Centauri
D Centauri (D Cen) is a double star in the constellation Centaurus. The system has a combined apparent magnitude of +5.31 and is approximately 570 light years from Earth.
The system is classified as an orange K-type giant. The brighter component has an apparent magnitude of +5.31, while the apparent magnitude of the optical companion is +6.8. The two stars are separated by 2.9 arcseconds.
Cru") and Beta Crucis ("β Cru"), the two brightest stars in the constellation Crux, the Southern Cross, Epsilon Carinae ("ε Car") in Carina, Lambda Scorpii ("λ Sco") in Scorpius and Sigma Sagittarii ("σ Sgr") in Sagittarius. After all twenty-four Greek letters have been assigned, upper and lower case Latin letters are used, such as for A Centauri ("A Cen"), D Centauri (