![]() ![]() ![]() Centaurus has 281 stars above magnitude 6.5, meaning that they are visible to the unaided eye, the most of any constellation. Its alpha and beta stars are used as "pointer stars" to help observers find the constellation Crux. Stars Ĭentaurus contains several very bright stars. This image is reversed from what one sees looking at the sky - it is as though one is looking at the " celestial sphere" from the outside. The constellation also contains Omega Centauri, the brightest globular cluster as visible from Earth and the largest identified in the Milky Way, possibly a remnant of a dwarf galaxy.Ĭentaurus in the Firmamentum Sobiescianum of Johannes Hevelius. Notable stars include Alpha Centauri, the nearest star system to the Solar System, its neighbour in the sky Beta Centauri, and V766 Centauri, one of the largest stars yet discovered. In Greek mythology, Centaurus represents a centaur a creature that is half human, half horse (another constellation named after a centaur is one from the zodiac: Sagittarius). One of the largest constellations, Centaurus was included among the 48 constellations listed by the 2nd-century astronomer Ptolemy, and it remains one of the 88 modern constellations. Visible at latitudes between + 25° and − 90°.īest visible at 21:00 (9 p.m.) during the month of May.Ĭentaurus / s ɛ n ˈ t ɔːr ə s, - ˈ t ɑːr-/ is a bright constellation in the southern sky. ![]()
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