Beta Centauri - Star, also called Hadar, approximately 525 lightyears from Earth's Solar System.

Some facts about Beta Centauri

• Apparent Visual Brightness (Sirius A = 1): 0.151
• Spectral type: B1 II
• Radial velocity: -12 km/s
• Proper Motion: 0.042 arcsecs/year
• Apparent Visual Magnitude: 0.61
• Absolute Visual Magnitude: -5.42
• Luminosity: 8.6e4 Solar Luminosities