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Xi Sculptoris, Latinized from ξ Sculptoris, is a solitary orange-hued star in the southern constellation of Sculptor, near the southern constellation boundary with Phoenix. It is just visible to the naked eye as a dim point of light with an apparent visual magnitude of 5.59. The distance to Xi Sculptoris is approximately 489 light years based on parallax, while it is drifting closer with a radial velocity of −31 km/s. It has an absolute magnitude of −0.39.
HD 61248 is a single star in the southern constellation of Carina. It has the Bayer designation Q Carinae, while HD 61248 is the star's identifier in the Henry Draper Catalogue. This star has an orange hue and is visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of 4.93. Based upon parallax measurements, it is located approximately 402 light years in distance from the Sun. The object is drifting further away with a radial velocity of +63 km/s, having come to within 89.6 light-years some 1.8 million years ago.
HD 83095 is a single star in the southern constellation of Carina. It has the Bayer designation H Carinae; HD 83095 is the identifier from the Henry Draper Catalogue. This object has an orange hue and is dimly visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of 5.46. The star is located at a distance of approximately 710 light years from the Sun based on parallax, and is drifting further away with a radial velocity of +14 km/s. It has an absolute magnitude of −1.45.
HD 73389 is a binary star system in the constellation Carina. It has the Bayer designation e2 Carinae; HD 73389 is the identifier from the Henry Draper Catalogue. This system is visible to the naked eye as a point of light with a combined apparent visual magnitude of +4.84. Based on parallax measurements, it is located at a distance of approximately 225 light years from the Sun. The system is drifting further away with a radial velocity of +25.6 km/s.
HD 81101 is a single star in the southern constellation of Carina. It has the Bayer designation k Carinae, while HD 81101 is the star's designation in the Henry Draper catalogue. The star has a yellow hue and is faintly visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of 4.79. It is located at a distance of approximately 225 light years from the Sun based on parallax. This object is drifting further away with a radial velocity of +51 km/s, having come to within 22 light-years of the Sun some 1.4 million years ago.
HD 102964, also known as B Centauri, is a single star in the southern constellation of Centaurus. It has the identifier HD 102964 in the Henry Draper catalogue; B Centauri is the star's Bayer designation. This object has an orange hue and is faintly visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of +4.47. The star is located at a distance of approximately 440 light years from the Sun based on parallax, and has an absolute magnitude of −1.14.
HD 100825 is a single star in the southern constellation of Centaurus. It has the Bayer designation C2 Centauri, while HD 100825 is the identifier from the Henry Draper catalogue. The star has a yellow-white hue and is dimly visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of +5.26. It is located at a distance of 187 light years from the Sun based on parallax, with an absolute magnitude of +1.31. The radial velocity is poorly constrained, but the star appears to be drifting further away from the Sun at the rate of around 5 km/s. It is a member of the Sirius supercluster of co-moving stars.
HD 125288 is a single star in the southern constellation of Centaurus. It has the Bayer designation v Centauri ; while HD 125288 is the star's identifier in the Henry Draper catalogue. The object has a blue-white hue and is faintly visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of 4.30. Based on parallax measurements, it is located at a distance of approximately 1,230 light years from the Sun. This is a candidate runaway star that is moving to the west and falling back into the Galactic plane. It has an absolute magnitude of −3.56.
HD 111915 is a single star in the southern constellation of Centaurus. It has the Bayer designation e Centauri, while HD 111915 is the star's identifier in the Henry Draper Catalogue. This is an aging giant star with a stellar classification of K3-4III. It is faintly visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of +4.33. The distance to this star is approximately 294 light years based on parallax.
E Centauri is a single star in the southern constellation of Centaurus. It is a white-hued star that is dimly visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of +5.34. The distance to this object is approximately 560 light years based on parallax, and it has an absolute magnitude of −0.97. It is drifting closer to the Sun with a radial velocity of +7 km/s, and it is a candidate member of the Lower Centaurus Crux subgroup of the Sco OB2 association.
HD 111597 is a suspected astrometric binary star system in the southern constellation of Centaurus. It has the Bayer designation p Centauri, while HD 111597 is the star's identifier from the Henry Draper catalogue. The system is visible to the naked eye as a faint point of light with an apparent visual magnitude of 4.90. It is located at a distance of approximately 380 light years from the Sun based on parallax, and has an absolute magnitude of −0.53. The system is a probable member of the Sco OB2 association of co-moving stars. The visible component is a B-type main-sequence star with a stellar classification of B9V.
HD 78004 is a single star in the constellation Vela. It has the Bayer designation c Velorum, while HD 78004 is the identifier from the Henry Draper catalogue. The object has an orange hue and is visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of 3.75. It is located at a distance of approximately 320 light years from the Sun based on parallax, and is drifting further away with a radial velocity of +24 km/s.
HD 75710 is a single star in the constellation of Vela. It has an apparent visual magnitude of approximately 4.94, which is bright enough to be faintly visible to the naked eye. Based upon an annual parallax shift of 2.7 mas, it is located about 1,200 light-years from the Sun.
HD 102350 is a single star in the constellation Centaurus. It has a yellow hue and is visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of 4.11. The distance to this star is approximately 390 light years based on parallax, but it is drifting closer with a radial velocity of −3 km/s. It has an absolute magnitude of −1.51.
Zeta Indi is a single star in the southern constellation Indus, near the northern constellation border with Microscopium. It is visible to the naked eye as a faint, orange-hued star with an apparent visual magnitude of 4.90. The star is located approximately 430 light years away from the Sun based on parallax. The radial velocity estimate for this object is poorly constrained, but it appears to be moving closer at the rate of around −5 km/s.
HD 143009 is a single star in the southern constellation of Lupus. It has an orange hue and is visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of 4.99. The star lies at a distance of approximately 380 light years from the Sun based on parallax, but is drifting closer with a radial velocity of −27 km/s. It has an absolute magnitude of −0.64.
HD 163376 is a single star in the southern constellation of Scorpius. It has a ruddy hue and is faintly visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of 4.88. The distance to this star, as determined using parallax measurements, is approximately 450 light years. It is drifting further from the Sun with a radial velocity of about 4 km/s. The absolute magnitude of this star is −0.82.
HD 79917 is a single star in the southern constellation of Vela. It has the Bayer designation l Velorum, while HD 79917 is the star's identifier from the Henry Draper Catalogue. The star has an orange hue and is faintly visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of +4.92. It is located at a distance of approximately 228 light-years from the Sun based on parallax, and is drifting further away with a radial velocity of +1.6 km/s.
ξ Gruis, Latinised as Xi Gruis, is a solitary star in the southern constellation of Grus, near the constellation border with Microscopium. It is visible to the naked eye as a dim, orange-hued star with an apparent visual magnitude of 5.3. The star is located about 430 light-years distant from the Sun, based on parallax, but is drifting closer with a radial velocity of −10 km/s.
HR 4339 is a single star in the equatorial constellation of Hydra. It was designated as Beta Antliae by Lacaille, and Gould intended to keep it in that constellation. However, the delineating of constellation boundaries by the IAU in 1930 saw it transferred to Hydra. It has a white hue and is just visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of 5.79. The distance to this star, as determined from parallax measurements, is approximately 366 light years. It is drifting further away with a radial velocity of +1.3 km/s.
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