a bluish-white
star, the
second in apparent brightness in the constellation Centaurus. It is over 1,000
times the brightness of the
sun.
the eleventh brightest
star in the sky and the
second brightest
star in the constellation of Centaurus. It is approximately 300 light-years from earth (a light-year is equal to the distance traveled by light in one year, which is around 5.88 trillion miles [9.46 trillion km]). "Beta," as applied to
stars, means
second in
order of brightness of a constellation and is taken from the
second letter of the Greek alphabet. The constellation Centaurus is named after the centaurs of Greek mythology, which were a race of monsters
having a
man's head, trunk and arms and a horse's
body and legs.
a bluish-white
star, the
second in apparent brightness in the constellation Centaurus. It is over 1,000
times the brightness of the
sun. And it's actually a shorter road, but it is shorter in
terms of is it closer to
Alpha Centauri, you see, or Beta Centauri, see. TClearing, What It Is (3
Sept. 64)