● Rigil Kentaurus  Rigil Kentaurus is a star in Centaurus. ##### ########### ############### ################# ################# ################# ############### ########### #####  Type Yellow main-sequence star  Constellation Centaurus  Magnitude -0.0  Spectral type G2V  Distance 4 light years  Double star components 20.9″ apart  You need naked eye   Known as  Bayer α¹ Cen  Yale HR 5459  what it has been called: skymap.sh/Rigil Kentaurus/about  40.00,-83.00 now · mag -0.0 · never rises from here  Rigil Kentaurus is not visible from 40.00,-83.00: below the horizon.  No window in the next 40 days from this latitude.  It clears the horizon south of about 3°N: Galapagos or Machu Picchu.   Rigil Kentaurus never rises from 40.00,-83.00. It stays below the horizon all year at this latitude.   You will find it in Centaurus.   It is a yellow main-sequence star, 4 light years away, so the light reaching you left it in 2022.   Your sky here is about Bortle 7, bright, and this is still bright enough to see with the naked eye.   The Moon is 62% lit and only 53° away, which will wash out anything faint nearby.  Follow @skymapsh for skymap.sh updates