Iota Centauri

Starbox begin
name=ι CentauriStarbox observe
epoch=J2000.0
constell=Centaurus
ra=13^h20^m35.8^s
dec=−36°42′44″
appmag_v=+2.75Starbox character
class=A2V
b-v=+0.04
u-b=+0.03
variable=noneStarbox astrometry
radial_v=+0
prop_mo_ra=−340.76
prop_mo_dec=−87.98
absmag_v=+1.48
parallax=55.64
p_error=0.74
dist_ly=58.62
dist_pc=17.97Starbox catalog
names=HR 5028, HD 115892, Gl 508.1, CD−36°8497, FK5 496, HIP 65109, SAO 204371, GC 18039Starbox reference
Simbad=HD+115892

Iota Centauri (ι Cen / ι Centauri) is a star in the constellation Centaurus. It carries the rarely applied traditional name Alhakim ("The Wise One"), dervived from the Arabic title "Kentaurus al-Hakeem" (قنطورس الحكيم), meaning "The Wise Centaur".

ι Centauri is a white A-type main sequence dwarf with an apparent magnitude of +2.75. It is approximately 58.62 light years from Earth.