What does Centauri mean?

Only on spring nights can you see Centauri in several southern provinces. There are two bright stars in the constellation. Alpha star was called Nanmener in ancient China, and its apparent magnitude was -0.27m, making it the third brightest star in the whole day. In ancient times, beta star was called Mabelly I, and its apparent magnitude was 0.6 1m, which was the 1 1 bright star in the whole day. The two stars are very close. In ancient China, they were collectively called "South Gate Double Stars", and Zheng He used them to navigate when he went to the Western Ocean in14th century. Nanmener is a triad star, and its companion star (proxima centauri) 1 1m is only 4.2 light years away from us, which is the closest star to the solar system.

Basic information

Chinese name

Centauri

Latin full name

Xianwang constellation

Latin abbreviation

high hill

indicate

power

right ascension

13 hour

slanting

50 degrees

zone

1060 square degree

Regional ranking

Ninth place

The number of bright stars

10

Brightest star

Alpha Centauri. Also known as RIGIL KENTAURUS

meteor shower

Alpha Centauri, Omick Long Xing Centauri.

Adjacent constellation

Pump seat, boat seat, compass seat, southern cross seat, viper seat, jackal seat, fly seat, sail seat.

Optimal observation time

May

Optimum observation latitude

+30 What else? 90

Apparent magnitude of the brightest star

0.0 1