kappa Centauri

{{Short description|Variable binary star system in the constellation Centaurus}}

{{Starbox begin

| name = κ Centauri

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{{Starbox image

| image=

{{Location mark

|image=Centaurus constellation map.svg|alt=|float=center|width=280

|label=|position=right

|mark=Red circle.svg|mark_width=10|mark_link=κ Cen

|x=160|y=482

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|caption=Location of κ Centauri (circled)

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{{Starbox observe

| epoch = J2000.0

| constell = Centaurus

| ra = {{RA|14|59|09.68494}}

| dec = {{DEC|−42|06|15.1069}}

| appmag_v = +3.14

}}

{{Starbox character

| class = B2 IV

| b-v = −0.204

| u-b = −0.805

| variable = Candidate β Cep

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{{Starbox astrometry

| radial_v = +8.0

| prop_mo_ra = −17.62

| prop_mo_dec = −22.51

| absmag_v = –2.2

| parallax = 8.51

| p_error = 0.54

| parallax_footnote =

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{{Starbox detail

| component1 = κ Cen A

| mass = {{nowrap|7.2 ± 0.5}}

| gravity = {{nowrap|4.02 ± 0.20}}

| rotational_velocity = 10

| radius = {{nowrap|4.4 ± 0.7}}

| luminosity = 2,500

| temperature = {{nowrap|19,800 ± 900}}

| metal_fe =

| age_myr = {{nowrap|18.2 ± 3.2}}

| component2 = κ Cen B

| mass2 = 5

}}

{{Starbox catalog

| names=CD−41°9342,FK5 553, HD 132200, HIP 73334, HR 5576, SAO 225344.

}}

{{Starbox reference

| Simbad = kap+Cen

}}

Kappa Centauri (κ Cen, κ Centauri) is a binary star in the southern constellation of Centaurus. With an apparent visual magnitude of +3.14, it can be viewed with the naked eye on a dark night. Parallax measurements place it at an estimated distance of {{Convert|380|ly|pc|abbr=off|lk=on}} from Earth.

This is a spectroscopic binary system where the presence of an orbiting companion is revealed by shifts in the absorption lines caused by the Doppler effect. The primary component is a huge star, with about seven times the Sun's mass and four times the Sun's radius. It has a stellar classification of B2 IV, indicating that it is in the subgiant stage of its stellar evolution. An effective temperature of 19,800 K in the outer envelope is what gives it the blue-white hue of a B-type star.

File:KapCenLightCurve.png for Kappa Centauri, plotted from ''TESS data.]]

The primary is a candidate Beta Cephei variable that shows line-profile variations in its spectrum. However, the nature of the variability remains uncertain because of the binary nature of the system. As of 2007, the secondary component was separated from the primary by 0.128 arcseconds at a position angle of 156°. It has about 68% of the mass of the primary. This system is a proper motion member of the Upper Centaurus–Lupus sub-group in the Scorpius–Centaurus OB association, the nearest such co-moving association of massive stars to the Sun.

In Chinese, {{lang|zh|騎官}} ({{lang|zh-Latn|Qí Guān}}), meaning Imperial Guards, refers to an asterism consisting of κ Centauri, γ Lupi, δ Lupi, β Lupi, λ Lupi, ε Lupi, μ Lup, π Lupi, ο Lupi and α Lupi.{{in lang|zh}} 中國星座神話, written by 陳久金. Published by 台灣書房出版有限公司, 2005, {{ISBN|978-986-7332-25-7}}. Consequently, the Chinese name for κ Centauri itself is {{lang|zh|騎官三}} ({{lang|zh-Latn|Qí Guān sān}}, {{langx|en|the Third Star of Imperial Guards}}.).{{in lang|zh}} [http://aeea.nmns.edu.tw/2006/0607/ap060725.html AEEA (Activities of Exhibition and Education in Astronomy) 天文教育資訊網 2006 年 7 月 25 日] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110522124501/http://aeea.nmns.edu.tw/2006/0607/ap060725.html |date=2011-05-22 }} From this Chinese name, the name Ke Kwan has appeared.[https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Gazetteer/Topics/astronomy/_Texts/secondary/ALLSTA/Centaurus*.html Richard Hinckley Allen: Star Names — Their Lore and Meaning: Centaurus]

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Centauri, Kappa

Category:B-type subgiants

Category:Centaurus

Category:Spectroscopic binaries

Category:Upper Centaurus Lupus

Category:Beta Cephei variables

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132200

073334

Category:Durchmusterung objects

kappa Centauri

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