| Identification Data |
| Common Name | |
| Constellation | Centaurus |
| Star Name | nu Cen |
| Skymap Number | 13490079 |
| Henry Draper (HD) Number | 120307 |
| Harvard Revised (HR) Number | 5190 |
| SAO Number | 224469 |
| Durchmusterung (DM) Number | CD-41 8171 |
Washington Double Stars (WDS) Number
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| Positional Data |
| Position and Proper Motion (PPM) Number | 318895 |
| Right Ascension (RA) J2000 | 13h 49m 30.277s |
| Declination (Dec) J2000 | -41° 41' 15.753" |
| Position Uncertainty | 0.0059s |
| Proper Motion in RA (J2000)/cos(Dec) | -0.00232 |
| Proper Motion in Dec (J2000) | -0.020466 |
| Radial Velocity | +009.0km s-1 |
| Trigonometric Parallax | +0.00687s |
| Trigonometric Parallax Uncertainty | 0.00077s |
| GCI Unit Vector in X (J2000) | -0.663147 |
| GCI Unit Vector in Y (J2000) | -0.343392 |
| GCI Unit Vector in Z (J2000) | -0.665070 |
| Galactic Longitude | 314.42° |
Galactic Latitude
| 19.89°
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| Observational Data |
| Observed Visual Magnitude (V) | 3.40 |
| Derived Visual Magnitude | |
| Derived Visual Magnitude or Observed Visual Magnitude Uncertainty | 0.002 |
| Observed B Magnitude | 3.19 |
| Observed B-V Colour | -0.206 |
| Observed B Magnitude or (B-V) Magnitude Uncertainty | 0.002 |
| Observed U Magnitude | |
| Observed U-B Colour | |
| Observed U Magnitude or (U-B) Magnitude Uncertainty | |
| Observed Photovisual Magnitude | 3.5 |
| Observed Photographic Magnitude | 3.3 |
| Morgan Keenan (MK) Spectral Type | B2IV |
| One-Dimensional Spectral Class | B2 |
| Position Angle | |
| Year of Observation | AD |