Hadar

E481661

Hadar is a prominent blue-white giant star, also known as Beta Centauri, and one of the brightest stars in the southern sky.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Hadar canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf blue-white giant star ⓘ
multiple star system ⓘ
star ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Agena ⓘ
Beta Centauri ⓘ
β Centauri ⓘ
linked to: Beta Centauri
hasAge_Myr ~10–15 ⓘ
hasApparentMagnitude 0.61 ⓘ
hasColor blue-white ⓘ
hasComponent Beta Centauri A ⓘ
linked to: Beta Centauri

Beta Centauri B ⓘ
linked to: Beta Centauri

Beta Centauri C ⓘ
linked to: Beta Centauri
hasConstellation Centaurus ⓘ
hasCulturalSignificanceIn southern hemisphere navigation traditions ⓘ
hasDeclination −60°22′23″ ⓘ
hasDistanceFromEarth_ly ~390 ⓘ
hasDistanceFromEarth_pc ~120 ⓘ
hasEffectiveTemperature_K ~25000 ⓘ
hasFlamsteedDesignation β Centauri ⓘ
linked to: Beta Centauri
hasGalacticPopulation Population I ⓘ
hasHenryDraperNumber HD 122451 ⓘ
hasHipparcosNumber HIP 68702 ⓘ
hasHRNumber HR 5267 ⓘ
hasLuminosityMultipleOfSun >10000 ⓘ
hasMassMultipleOfSun >10 ⓘ
hasProperMotion measurable ⓘ
hasRadialVelocity_km_s ~+4 ⓘ
hasRightAscension 14h03m49s ⓘ
hasSpectralType B1III ⓘ
hasStellarClassification B-type giant ⓘ
hasVariableType spectroscopic binary ⓘ
isAmongBrightestStars true ⓘ
isBayerDesignationOf Beta Centauri ⓘ
isCataloguedIn Henry Draper Catalogue ⓘ
Hipparcos Catalogue ⓘ
isInConstellation Centaurus ⓘ
isNavigationStar true ⓘ
isNearOnSky Alpha Centauri ⓘ
Crux constellation ⓘ
isOneOfBrightestInSouthernSky true ⓘ
isPartOf Milky Way ⓘ
isPartOfAsterism Southern Pointers ⓘ
isUsedIn celestial navigation ⓘ
isVisibleFromHemisphere Southern Hemisphere ⓘ
parts of Northern Hemisphere ⓘ
isYoungerThan Sun ⓘ
willEndAs supernova candidate ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.