Theta Centauri or θ Centauri, officially named Menkent (/ˈmɛŋkɛnt/), is a single star in the southern constellation of Centaurus, the centaur. With an...

under intense magnification due to its distance. The northerly star Theta Centauri, officially named Menkent, is an orange giant star of magnitude 2.06...

system 2.02 1.86 Polaris Triple star system 2.05 2.01 Mirach Star 2.05 Theta Centauri Star 2.06 2.02 Alpheratz Binary star system 2.06 2.04 Saiph Star 2.067...

Menkent Mankib ul-Qanṭūris the Shoulder of the Centaur منكب قنطورس Theta Centauri Menkib Al-Mankib uth-Thurayyā the Shoulder (of the Pleiades) منكب الثّريّا...

30 November 1872 which read Biela touched Earth on 27th. search near Theta Centauri, a message so esoteric that it caught the fancy of the newspapers of...

Michael Robert; et al. (January 2011), "Public Kepler Data on the Bright Star Theta Cygni", Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, 43: 140.07, Bibcode:2011AAS...

3.69 × 3.43 1.91 ± 0.02 2.28 (2.25–2.31) The nearest F-type giant. Theta Centauri (Menkent) 58.8±0.2 K0 III 10.6 1.27 2.06 Eta Serpentis 60.5±0.2 K0III-IV...

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...

angle of one arcsecond (⁠1/3600⁠ of a degree). The nearest star, Proxima Centauri, is about 1.3 parsecs (4.2 light-years) from the Sun: from that distance...

Alpha Centauri system (AB) and Proxima Centauri (thus α Cen C): Actually a three-star system Alpha1 and Alpha2 Capricorni Theta Muscae and Theta Muscae...

Observatory, stating that "Biela touched Earth on 27th: search near Theta Centauri". Pogson began searching for the comet at around 4 a.m. local time on...

the brightest star in the constellation of Centaurus is known as Alpha Centauri. For historical reasons, the Greek designations of some constellations...

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Solar System (the only stars closer are the Alpha Centauri binary star system and Proxima Centauri), lies in Ophiuchus. It is located to the left of β...

{v}}_{r}} ) versus azimuthal velocity ( v θ {\displaystyle {\boldsymbol {v}}_{\theta }} ) of stars (See spherical coordinate system), using data from the Gaia...

± 10 2 B6 V + B8 V 3.9 to 4.4 SZ Piscium 306 ± 5 1 K1IV + F8V 7.18 Eta Centauri 306 ± 6 1 B1.5 Vne +2.35 Rho Persei (Gorgonea Tertia) 308 ± 7 1 M4 II +1...

bright deep-sky objects visible in the Southern Hemisphere, such as Omega Centauri, Centaurus A, the Jewel Box, and 47 Tucanae. Moore compiled a list of 109...

depending upon the quality of its asset portfolio. Subsequent SIVs, such as Centauri and Dorada, raised the leverage to around 20 times. Typically banks are...

apparent magnitude are, from brightest to dimmest, Sirius, Canopus, Alpha Centauri, Arcturus, Vega, Capella, Rigel, Procyon, Achernar, and Betelgeuse In modern...

are used, such as for A Centauri (A Cen), D Centauri (D Cen), G Scorpii (G Sco), P Cygni (P Cyg), b Sagittarii (b Sgr), d Centauri (d Cen) and s Carinae...

radius. In radians, it is θ 1 = 4 G M c 2 D L S D S D L , {\displaystyle \theta _{1}={\sqrt {{\frac {4GM}{c^{2}}}\;{\frac {D_{LS}}{D_{S}D_{L}}}}},} where...

Centauri system, the ISV Venture Star, uses solar sails as a means of propulsion to accelerate the vehicle away from the Earth towards Alpha Centauri...

Tauri) 450 ± 8 1 B8Vne 4.77 - 5.50 Part of Pleiades Cluster (M45). V1400 Centauri (1SWASP J140747.93−394542.6/J1407) 450.8 ± 0.9 1 K5 IVe Li 12.2–15.6 Has...

ds^{2}=-c^{2}dt^{2}+R(t)^{2}\left({\frac {dr^{2}}{1-kr^{2}}}+r^{2}d\theta ^{2}+r^{2}\sin ^{2}\theta \,d\phi ^{2}\right)} where (r, θ, φ) correspond to a spherical...

Aldhanab). Confusingly, Alnair was also given as the proper name for Zeta Centauri in an astronomical ephemerides in the middle of the 20th century. In 2016...

to Earth. HD 23753 420 ± 10 1 B9 Vn 5.44 Part of Pleiades Cluster (M45). Theta Antliae 430 1 A8 Vm + G7 III 4.79 Celaeno (16 Tauri) 430 1 B7IV +5.448 Part...

Nebula, Hyades, Pleiades and the Alpha Persei Cluster (with Eta Carinae, Theta Tauri, Alcyone and Mirfak as the brightest stars of the latter four). Absolute...

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 is...

and the fifth-brightest star in all, surpassed only by Arcturus, Alpha Centauri, Canopus, and Sirius. Vega was the pole star in the year 12,000 BCE, and...

Barnard's Star, about 6 light-years away. After the Sun and the Alpha Centauri system, it is the nearest known star. Being a red dwarf with an apparent...