| Identification Data |
| Common Name | Menkent |
| Constellation | Centaurus |
| Star Name | 5the Cen |
| Skymap Number | 14060121 |
| Henry Draper (HD) Number | 123139 |
| Harvard Revised (HR) Number | 5288 |
| SAO Number | 205188 |
| Durchmusterung (DM) Number | CD-35 9260 |
Washington Double Stars (WDS) Number
| 14067-3622
|
| Positional Data |
| Position and Proper Motion (PPM) Number | 292214 |
| Right Ascension (RA) J2000 | 14h 6m 40.948s |
| Declination (Dec) J2000 | -36° 22' 11.836" |
| Position Uncertainty | 0.0082s |
| Proper Motion in RA (J2000)/cos(Dec) | -0.04300 |
| Proper Motion in Dec (J2000) | -0.517966 |
| Radial Velocity | +001.3km s-1 |
| Trigonometric Parallax | +0.05352s |
| Trigonometric Parallax Uncertainty | 0.00079s |
| GCI Unit Vector in X (J2000) | -0.685294 |
| GCI Unit Vector in Y (J2000) | -0.422761 |
| GCI Unit Vector in Z (J2000) | -0.592997 |
| Galactic Longitude | 319.47° |
Galactic Latitude
| 24.08°
|
| Observational Data |
| Observed Visual Magnitude (V) | 2.08 |
| Derived Visual Magnitude | |
| Derived Visual Magnitude or Observed Visual Magnitude Uncertainty | 0.006 |
| Observed B Magnitude | 3.10 |
| Observed B-V Colour | +1.019 |
| Observed B Magnitude or (B-V) Magnitude Uncertainty | 0.006 |
| Observed U Magnitude | |
| Observed U-B Colour | |
| Observed U Magnitude or (U-B) Magnitude Uncertainty | |
| Observed Photovisual Magnitude | 2.3 |
| Observed Photographic Magnitude | 3.3 |
| Morgan Keenan (MK) Spectral Type | K0-IIIb |
| One-Dimensional Spectral Class | K0 |
| Position Angle | 129 |
| Year of Observation | 1897. AD |
