| Identification Data |
| Common Name | |
| Constellation | Centaurus |
| Star Name | chi Cen |
| Skymap Number | 14060008 |
| Henry Draper (HD) Number | 122980 |
| Harvard Revised (HR) Number | 5285 |
| SAO Number | 224673 |
| Durchmusterung (DM) Number | CD-40 8405 |
Washington Double Stars (WDS) Number
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| Positional Data |
| Position and Proper Motion (PPM) Number | 319170 |
| Right Ascension (RA) J2000 | 14h 6m 2.767s |
| Declination (Dec) J2000 | -41° 10' 46.679" |
| Position Uncertainty | 0.0076s |
| Proper Motion in RA (J2000)/cos(Dec) | -0.00216 |
| Proper Motion in Dec (J2000) | -0.021666 |
| Radial Velocity | +012.1km s-1 |
| Trigonometric Parallax | +0.00731s |
| Trigonometric Parallax Uncertainty | 0.00075s |
| GCI Unit Vector in X (J2000) | -0.641660 |
| GCI Unit Vector in Y (J2000) | -0.393387 |
| GCI Unit Vector in Z (J2000) | -0.658422 |
| Galactic Longitude | 317.74° |
Galactic Latitude
| 19.54°
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| Observational Data |
| Observed Visual Magnitude (V) | 4.36 |
| Derived Visual Magnitude | |
| Derived Visual Magnitude or Observed Visual Magnitude Uncertainty | 0.003 |
| Observed B Magnitude | 4.17 |
| Observed B-V Colour | -0.191 |
| Observed B Magnitude or (B-V) Magnitude Uncertainty | 0.004 |
| Observed U Magnitude | |
| Observed U-B Colour | |
| Observed U Magnitude or (U-B) Magnitude Uncertainty | |
| Observed Photovisual Magnitude | 4.5 |
| Observed Photographic Magnitude | 4.4 |
| Morgan Keenan (MK) Spectral Type | B2V |
| One-Dimensional Spectral Class | B3 |
| Position Angle | |
| Year of Observation | AD |