σ Centauri

B3V

Sigma Centauri is a blue-white B-type main sequence dwarf star in the constellation Centaurus.

Mass 6.8 solar masses (+/- 0.1)

Radius 4.5 solar radii

Age 25.3 million years (+/- 6.3 million)

Right ascension 12 hours 28 min 2.38 sec

Declination -50 deg 13 min 50.29 sec

+3.91 apparent magnitude

-1.60 absolute magnitude

412 light years distant (+/- 9 ly)

Radial velocity 12.8 km/sec (+/- 1.4 km/sec)

Rotational velocity 169 km/sec