T Centauri
variable star in the constellation Centaurus
T Centauri is a variable star located in the far southern constellation Centaurus. It varies between magnitudes 5.56 and 8.44 over 181.4 days, making it intermittently visible to the naked eye. Pulsating between spectral classes K0:e and M4II:e, it has been classed as a semiregular variable, though Sebastian Otero of the American Association of Variable Star Observers has noted its curve more aligned with RV Tauri variable stars and has classified it as one.
The variability of the star was discovered in 1894 by Ernest Elliott Markwick, and independently by Williamina Fleming in 1895.
“T Centauri” enters the record as variable star in the constellation Centaurus. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Centauri, variable and star can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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