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Proper Name	None
Bayer Designation	None
Flamsteed Number	None
HR (BSC)	4975
HD	114529
Variable Designation	V831 Centauri
Constellation	Centaurus
Right Ascension	13h 12m 18s
Declination	-59° 55' 14"
Distance	379 light years 116 parsecs
Magnitude	Apparent: +4.59 Absolute: -0.73
Spectral Class	B8V blue main sequence star
Optimum Visibility	April / May (Usually visible from southern latitudes)

A dim and distant blue star lying close to Centaurus' border with Crux.

The star to the immediate northeast of V831 Centauri is HR 4980, a sixth-magnitude yellow dwarf. Though fainter, this dwarf is in fact a foreground star, less than half the distance of V831 Centauri from the Sun, but much less luminous than the blue variable beyond. Imagery provided by Aladin sky atlas

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