Beta Centauri

Beta Centauri (Hadar or Agena) is a variable star in the southern sky with magnitude +0.6. It is a triple star and a double-line spectroscopic binary, including two nearly-equal stars orbiting in 357 days, roughly 4 AU apart, with a third star considerably further from them. The pair are giant stars and all three are B-type stars. Characteristics:

• Centaurus - constellation.
• 14h03m49.40535s - right ascension.
• -60deg22m22.9266 - declination.
• +0.61 - apparent magnitude.
• 66100 - combined luminosity(solar).
• 390 ly - distance.
• B1 III - spectral type of each of the pair of stars.