T Centauri

Stellar classification

K

Coordinates

  • X 855
  • Y 640
  • Z 867
→ Sol: 1,376

Object type

  • Semi-regular pulsating Star
  • Star
  • Infra-Red source
  • Variable Star
simbad:V* T Cen

Wiki

T Centauri is a variable star located in the far southern constellation Centaurus. It varies between magnitudes 5.56 and 8.44 over 181.4 days. Pulsating between spectral classes K0:e and M4II:e, it has been classed as a semiregular variable, though Sebastian Otero of the American Association of Variable Star Observers has noted its curve more aligned with RV Tauri variable stars and has classified it as one.

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