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Alpha Circini

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Star Alpha Circini

Binary star Alpha Circini is located 53.5 light years away from the Sun. It is a system with 2 stars. For now, there are no known exoplanets in this system.

Sun distance
53.5 light years

Position of this star is derived from Gaia mission data.

Alpha Circini A

White-Blue star (spectral class A7VpSrCrEu)

Mass: 1.6 M Sun

Size: 1.967 R Sun

Temperature: 7500 K | 1.3 T Sun

Age: 0.012 billions years | 0 Sun

Luminosity: 10.51 L Sun

Apparent magnitude (V): 3.19

(No known exoplanets yet)

Photometry

K
2.1

H
1.6

J
1.2

Grp
0.8

I
0.8

G
0.6

V
0.5

Gbp
0.5

B
0.4

U
0.3

Alpha Circini B

Orange star (spectral class K5V)

Mass: 0.69 M Sun (estimate)

Size: 0.67 R Sun (estimate)

Apparent magnitude (V): 8.47

(No known exoplanets yet)

Photometry

K
2.1

H
1.6

J
1.2

Grp
0.8

I
0.8

G
0.6

V
0.5

Gbp
0.5

B
0.4

U
0.3

More about Alpha Circini

      Nearby star Alpha Circini can be found in southern celestial hemisphere, and it is possible to see it with naked eye.

Other designations of this star
17. G Circini, CD−64° 86, HD 128898, HIP 71908, HR 5463, SAO 252853, alf Cir, Gaia EDR3 5849837854861497856

External sources

Sources

Simbad database (* alf Cir B)

Gaia database (Gaia EDR3 5849837820492182272)

Closest stars

Distance (Light Years)		Mass (Solar mass)


3.9	Gaia EDR3 5851167679807239808	0 M_☉

6.3	Gaia EDR3 5826576346314528768	0 M_☉

6.6	Gaia DR2 5825187972369019264	0 M_☉

7	Gaia DR2 5864005027836957952	0 M_☉

8.4	L 153-43	0 M_☉

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