Rho Centauri [SEP] constellation
Rho Centauri
Rho Centauri (ρ Cen, ρ Centauri) is a star in the southern constellation of Centaurus. ρ Centauri is a blue-white B-type main sequence dwarf with an apparent magnitude of +3.94. It is approximately 380 light years from Earth.
This star is a proper motion member of the Lower-Centaurus Crux sub-group in the Scorpius-Centaurus OB association, the nearest such association of co-moving massive stars to the Sun.
Rho Puppis
Rho Puppis (ρ Puppis, abbreviated Rho Pup, ρ Pup), formally named Tureis , is a star in the southern constellation of Puppis. With an average apparent visual magnitude of 2.78, it is the third-brightest member of this generally faint constellation. Based upon parallax measurements made during the Hipparcos mission, Rho Puppis is located at a distance of from the Sun. It is the prototype of the ρ Puppis class of evolved Am stars.
Nomenclature.
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