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Gamma Centauri, Latinized from γ Centauri, is a binary star system in the southern constellation of Centaurus. It has the proper name Muhlifain, not to be confused with Muliphein, which is γ Canis Majoris; both names derive from the same Arabic root. The system is visible to the naked eye as a single point of light with a combined apparent visual magnitude of +2.17; individually they are third-magnitude stars.This system is located at a distance of about 130 light-years (40 parsecs) from the Sun based on parallax. In 2000, the pair had an angular separation of 1.217 arcseconds with a position angle of 351.9°. Their positions have been observed since 1897, which is long enough to estimate an orbital period of 84.5 years and a semimajor axis of 0.93 arcsecond. At the distance of this system, this is equivalent to a physical separation of about 93 AU.The combined stellar classification of the pair is A1IV+; when they are separated out they have individual classes of A1IV and A0IV, suggesting they are A-type subgiant stars in the process of becoming giants. The star Tau Centauri is relatively close to Gamma Centauri, with an estimated separation of 1.72 light-years (0.53 parsecs). There is a 98% chance that they are co-moving stars.
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Aces and Queens | Unknown Album | 4:03 |
Before It All | Unknown Album | 3:34 |
Famous | Unknown Album | 3:07 |
Flashback | Unknown Album | 3:21 |
Get Up! | Unknown Album | 3:42 |
I'm Falling | Unknown Album | 3:24 |
Let U Go | Unknown Album | 3:33 |
Never Let Me Go | Unknown Album | 2:55 |
No Guarantees | Unknown Album | 4:12 |
Only You | Unknown Album | 3:17 |
Ridin' | Unknown Album | 5:10 |
Throw It Up | Unknown Album | 3:31 |
Trick or Treat | Unknown Album | 3:28 |
Trying to Dance | Unknown Album | 3:23 |
Yume No Fantasia | Unknown Album | 3:11 |
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