Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Centaurus (Cen)  ·  Contains:  Agena (β Cen)  ·  Hadar  ·  NGC 5299  ·  NGC 5316  ·  NGC 5381  ·  R Cen  ·  The star Hadar  ·  bet Cen
Beta Centauri (Hadar), Richard Posener
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Beta Centauri (Hadar)

Beta Centauri (Hadar), Richard Posener
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Beta Centauri (Hadar)

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Beta Centauri - a triple-star system, apparently, though I can only see one of them. (Must take a closer look.) NGC 5381, 5219 and 5316 are open star clusters. Hadar, once again, comes from Arabic. However, it has various roots, which I don't intend to bore you with. Beta Centauri has another name, a Latin  one this time, Agena, which comes from "knee" (of the Centaur.)

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Beta Centauri (Hadar), Richard Posener

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