Beta Centauri is a triple star system in the southern constellation of Centaurus. It is officially called Hadar (/ˈheɪdɑːr/). The Bayer designation of...

Notable stars include Alpha Centauri, the nearest star system to the Solar System, its neighbour in the sky Beta Centauri, and HR 5171, one of the largest...

three stars: Rigil Kentaurus (α Centauri A), Toliman (α Centauri B), and Proxima Centauri (α Centauri C). Proxima Centauri is the closest star to the Sun...

Proxima Centauri is the nearest star to Earth after the Sun, located 4.25 light-years away in the southern constellation of Centaurus. This object was...

Hadar may refer to: Beta Centauri, a star Hadar (narrowboat), a working narrow boat on UK canals Hadar, Ethiopia Hadar HaCarmel, Haifa, Israel Hadar,...

perpendicular line taken southwards from the east–west axis of Alpha Centauri to Beta Centauri, which are stars at an alike declination to Crux and of a similar...

nomenclature for these two components of the Alpha Centauri binary star system is Alpha Centauri A and B. Beta Centauri is an entirely different, unassociated star...

Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri is a 4X video game, considered a spiritual sequel to the Civilization series. Set in a science fiction depiction of the 22nd...

star in the night sky. A line from the two "Pointers", Alpha Centauri through Beta Centauri, leads to within 1° north of this star. Using parallax measurements...

triangulated using the constellation Crux as well as the stars Alpha and Beta Centauri (about 30° counterclockwise from Crux) of the constellation Centaurus...

bright stars in the night sky are examples of blue giants, including Beta Centauri (B1III); Mimosa (B0.5III); Bellatrix (B2III); Epsilon Canis Majoris...

manufactured by McDonnell Aircraft. The name 'Agena' derived from the star Beta Centauri, also known as Agena. The combined spacecraft was a 26-foot (7.92 m)-long...

called "The Pointers": Alpha Centauri and Beta Centauri, which point to the Southern Cross Alpha Ursae Majoris (Dubhe) and Beta Ursae Majoris (Merak), which...

Department of Defense's Advanced Research Projects Agency for the star Beta Centauri, also known as Agena, because this upper stage would "ignite in the...

needed] The Commonwealth Star does not have any official relation to Beta Centauri, despite the latter's brightness and location in the sky; however, the...

now come to refer to Beta Centauri. It is unclear whether the pair of stars was originally Alpha and Beta Centauri or Alpha and Beta Columbae. In any case...

Fritz (July 1, 2021). "Precision Millimeter Astrometry of the $\alpha$ Centauri AB System". The Astronomical Journal. 162 (1): 14. arXiv:2104.10086. Bibcode:2021AJ...

the fly containing the Southern Cross and the two pointers (Alpha and Beta Centauri). South Australia then adopted a second flag in 1876, also a Blue Ensign...

objects), and with the first-magnitude stars Alpha Centauri (the closest star to the Sun) and Beta Centauri pointing at the cross, distinguishing the cross...

Saturn Planet Includes rings 0.46 0.40 Achernar Binary star system 0.61 Beta Centauri Triple star system Slightly variable 0.71: 36  −2.94: 36  Mars Planet...

260 nm). Slitless spectrograms were obtained of the stars Vega and Beta Centauri between 2000 and 3800 Å (200 and 380 nm). The telescope was operated...

named by the Inca, was a llama extended from Scorpius to Alpha Centauri and Beta Centauri, in which those two stars formed the llama's eyes, or llamaq ñawin...

Agena may refer to: Keiko Agena (1973), an American actress Beta Centauri, a star RM-81 Agena, a rocket upper stage family developed by Lockheed, especially...

or a few days (components of Beta Lyrae), but also hundreds of thousands of years (Proxima Centauri around Alpha Centauri AB). The Applegate mechanism...

of Alex's escape. Alex discovers Beta and contacts Centauri to retrieve him. Centauri arrives just as Alex and Beta are attacked by a Zando-Zan, an alien...

Meaning Arabic name Scientific star name Hadar Ḥaḍār Settlement حضار Beta Centauri Hamal Rā's al-Ḥamal (head of) the Ram رأس الحمل Alpha Arietis Heka al-Haqʿah...

Manchester, Toledo, Windsor and Brisbane Phenom CPUs: Agena (Beta Centauri), Toliman (Alpha Centauri), Kuma (Nu Draconis), Deneb (Alpha Cygni), Propus (Eta...

perpendicularly bisecting the line joining the "Pointers" (Alpha Centauri and Beta Centauri). Near the end of the 20th century, the advent of satellite-based...

Australe, Norma and Lupus, Circinus lies adjacent to the Alpha and Beta Centauri stars. As it is at declination −50° to −70°, the whole constellation...

Sun and 26 times more luminous. A line drawn between Alpha Hydri and Beta Centauri is bisected by the south celestial pole. In the southeastern corner...