Epsilon Centauri [SEP] constellation
Epsilon Centauri
Epsilon Centauri (ε Cen, ε Centauri) is a star in the southern constellation of Centaurus. It is one of the brightest stars in the constellation with a slightly variable apparent visual magnitude of +2.30. Parallax measurements put it at a distance of around from Earth.
In Chinese, (), meaning "Southern Gate", refers to an asterism consisting of ε Centauri and α Centauri. Consequently, the Chinese name for ε Centauri itself is (, .)
ε Centauri is a massive star
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 (