Star Motion

 

Time Span    years

 

HIP 68933 🔗

 

5 The Cen Menkent

ParameterNow50000 years
Right Ascension14.111395 hrs13.46237 hrs
Declination-36.369954°-43.08463°
ConstellationCentaurusCentaurus
Distance18.0343 parsec18.38 parsec
Magnitude2.062.10

 

The star's annual motion spans 13.2 AUs or 0.00021 light-years.

Closest approach to the sun occurred 5,829 years ago at a distance of 18.03 parsecs, or 58.81 light-years and 2.1 magnitudes.