HD_111915

HD 111915

HD 111915

Star in the constellation Centaurus

This article is about e Centauri. It is not to be confused with E Centauri or ε (epsilon) Centauri.

HD 111915 is a single[6] star in the southern constellation of Centaurus. It has the Bayer designation e Centauri, while HD 111915 is the star's identifier in the Henry Draper Catalogue. This is an aging giant star with a stellar classification of K3-4III.[3] It is faintly visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of +4.33.[2] The distance to this star is approximately 294 light years based on parallax.[1]

Quick Facts Observation data Epoch J2000.0 Equinox J2000.0, Constellation ...

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    Houk, N. (1978), Michigan catalogue of two-dimensional spectral types for the HD stars, vol. 2, Dept. of Astronomy, University of Michigan, Bibcode:1978mcts.book.....H.
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    Brown, A. G. A.; et al. (Gaia collaboration) (August 2018). "Gaia Data Release 2: Summary of the contents and survey properties". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 616. A1. arXiv:1804.09365. Bibcode:2018A&A...616A...1G. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201833051. Gaia DR2 record for this source at VizieR.
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    "e Cen". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2021-01-28.
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    Eggleton, P. P.; Tokovinin, A. A. (September 2008). "A catalogue of multiplicity among bright stellar systems". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 389 (2): 869–879. arXiv:0806.2878. Bibcode:2008MNRAS.389..869E. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2008.13596.x. S2CID 14878976.
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