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Proper Name	None
Bayer Designation	Alpha Circini
Flamsteed Number	None
HR (BSC)	5463
HD	128898
Constellation	Circinus
Right Ascension	14h 42m 30s
Declination	-64° 58' 30"
Distance	54 light years 16 parsecs
Magnitude	Apparent: +3.2 Absolute: +2.1
Spectral Class	F1 Bright Yellow Dwarf
Optimum Visibility	May (Usually visible from southern latitudes)
Notes	Approximately twice the size of the Sun, Alpha Circini is a pulsating variable, showing very rapid and complex patterns of oscillation. It has a peculiar spectrum, showing heightened levels of the elements strontium, europium and chromium in comparison to other similar stars.

Alpha Circini, the brightest star in the constellation Circinus, lies in a dense area of the Milky Way.

A pale yellow star of the F-type classification, Alpha Circini lies relatively close to the Earth on a cosmic scale: just fifty light years beyond the much better-known Alpha Centauri or Rigil Kentaurus.

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