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Przybylski's Star

Also HD 101065 · V816 Centauri

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One of the strangest stars known: its spectrum is crowded with rare heavy elements, and iron is about ten times scarcer than in the Sun.

Measured

Distance
357 light-years
Constellation
Centaurus
Position (J2000)
RA 11h 37m 37s, Dec −46.71°

How far, from the Sun

357 light-years. To cross it:

  • Light357 years
  • Voyager 1's speed6.33 million years
  • Driving at 100 km/h3.85 billion years

Voyager 1 at the speed it moved outward over the year to 2026-10-25 (JPL Horizons). Driving: nonstop, never refuelling.

Facts

  • Antoni Przybylski described it in 1961.
  • Claims of short-lived radioactive elements in its spectrum are still argued over.

Where this comes from

  • Gaia DR3 parallax 9.1496 ± 0.0213 mas, Gaia DR3 5372587514128271232 (Gaia Collaboration 2023, A&A 674, A1)
  • This research has made use of the SIMBAD database, CDS, Strasbourg, France (Wenger et al. 2000, A&AS 143, 9).
  • This research has made use of the VizieR catalogue access tool, CDS, Strasbourg, France (DOI: 10.26093/cds/vizier).

Every catalogue Ouranos draws is credited on the credits page.