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Toliman
warm orange · Centaurus · α Cen
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About this star
Toliman is a warm orange star in the constellation Centaurus, 4.0 ly from Earth. The light leaving it tonight began travelling about 4 years ago — bright enough to find with your own eyes on a clear night.
- Designation
- α Cen · HIP 71681
- Spectral type
- K1V · warm orange
- Right ascension
- 14h 39m 35s
- Declination
- −60° 50′ 15″
- Magnitude
- 1.35 naked-eye
- Distance
- 4.0 ly
Coordinates are J2000 epoch, checkable against any astronomical source or planetarium app.