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List of stars in Circinus

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This is the list of notable stars in the constellation Circinus, sorted by decreasing brightness.

Name B Var HD HIP RA Dec vis.
mag. 		abs.
mag. 		Dist. (ly) Sp. class Notes
α Cir α 128898 71908 14 42 30.69 −64° 58′ 28.5″ 3.18 2.11 53 F1Vp rapidly oscillating Ap star, Vmax = 3.17, Vmin = 3.19, P = 0.004740 d
β Cir β 135379 74824 15 17 30.96 −58° 48′ 03.2″ 4.07 1.71 97 A3Va has a planet (b)
γ Cir γ 136415 75323 15 23 22.66 −59° 19′ 14.5″ 4.48 −1.49 509 B5III + F8 γ Cas variable, Vmax = 4.43, Vmin = 4.52; double star
ε Cir ε 135291 74837 15 17 38.89 −63° 36′ 37.8″ 4.85 −0.44 373 K2.5III
δ Cir δ 135240 74778 15 16 56.90 −60° 57′ 26.1″ 5.04 −6.42 6392 O8.5V Algol variable, Vmax = 5.04, Vmin = 5.20, P = 3.902476 d
θ Cir θ 131492 73129 14 56 44.00 −62° 46′ 51.6″ 5.08 −1.96 834 B4Vnp emission-line star; γ Cas variable, Vmax = 4.81, Vmin = 5.65
η Cir η 132905 73776 15 04 48.05 −64° 01′ 52.9″ 5.16 0.59 267 G8III
HD 131342 131342 73036 14 55 34.71 −60° 06′ 50.0″ 5.18 1.56 173 K1III
HD 129422 129422 72131 14 45 17.25 −62° 52′ 31.6″ 5.36 2.05 150 A7Vn double star
HD 135591 135591 74941 15 18 49.15 −60° 29′ 46.8″ 5.43 3500 O7Iab: triple star
HD 125835 125835 70492 14 25 06.34 −68° 11′ 43.2″ 5.56 −4.60 3505 A3Ib α Cyg variable, Vmax = 5.57, Vmin = 5.61
HD 136359 136359 75308 15 23 10.60 −60° 39′ 25.6″ 5.65 2.55 136 F7V
HD 124471 124471 69763 14 16 38.73 −66° 35′ 16.4″ 5.72 −3.52 2296 B1.5III double star
HD 120404 120404 67664 13 51 47.42 −69° 24′ 04.5″ 5.73 −1.26 815 K5/M0III variable star, ΔV = 0.011, P = 172.11704 d
HD 120913 120913 67942 13 54 49.14 −67° 39′ 07.4″ 5.74 −2.21 1268 K2III
HD 135160 135160 74750 15 16 36.69 −60° 54′ 14.4″ 5.74 −3.11 1918 B0.5V emission-line star; double star; suspected variable
HD 126862 126862 71002 14 31 16.39 −67° 43′ 01.4″ 5.84 1.21 274 K1III double star
HD 126241 126241 70657 14 27 07.11 −65° 49′ 17.8″ 5.87 −1.38 921 K3III
CO Cir CO 129954 72438 14 48 44.56 −66° 35′ 36.7″ 5.91 −1.82 1144 B2.5V Be star; variable
AX Cir AX 130701 72773 14 52 35.27 −63° 48′ 35.3″ 5.91 −1.55 1012 F8II + A/F Cepheid variable, Vmax = 5.65, Vmin = 6.09, P = 5.273268 d
HD 121932 121932 68455 14 00 52.61 −66° 16′ 07.9″ 5.96 1.53 251 F0V double star
HD 128020 128020 71530 14 37 46.80 −67° 55′ 52.8″ 6.03 3.78 92 F7V
HD 123377 123377 69241 14 10 30.91 −70° 18′ 19.6″ 6.07 K4II triple star; slow irregular variable, Vmax = 6.03, Vmin = 6.07
HD 123492 123492 69298 14 11 01.93 −69° 43′ 09.4″ 6.07 1.74 240 A6IV
ζ Cir ζ 131058 72965 14 54 42.59 −65° 59′ 27.8″ 6.09 −1.79 1226 B3Vn variable star, ΔV = 0.005, P = 3.72065 d
HD 129462 129462 72097 14 44 55.57 −58° 28′ 38.6″ 6.10 0.85 366 K0III
BU Cir BU 129557 72121 14 45 10.97 −55° 36′ 05.8″ 6.10 −2.52 1725 B2III β Cep variable, ΔV = 0.02, P = 0.127552 d; double star
HD 121557 121557 68270 13 58 31.28 −65° 48′ 02.1″ 6.20 0.15 528 K0III double star
HD 128917 128917 71861 14 41 55.93 −58° 36′ 56.6″ 6.21 2.98 144 F4V
HD 130227 130227 72471 14 49 07.17 −56° 40′ 03.1″ 6.21 1.31 312 K3III suspected variable
HD 133792 133792 74181 15 09 25.54 −63° 38′ 34.4″ 6.25 0.09 555 A0p
HD 134468 134468 74470 15 13 01.03 −61° 44′ 37.6″ 6.27 −5.56 7581 K4Ib suspected variable
HD 134060 134060 74273 15 10 44.97 −61° 25′ 20.3″ 6.29 4.38 79 G3IV has two planets (b & c)
HD 125990 125990 70528 14 25 39.80 −66° 10′ 22.4″ 6.36 0.82 418 A1V
HD 134657 134657 74552 15 13 59.19 −61° 20′ 34.5″ 6.36 −0.67 830 B5V double star
HD 130942 130942 72983 14 54 54.05 −69° 51′ 39.3″ 6.38 −0.89 926 B5V
HD 129092 129092 72000 14 43 28.15 −62° 58′ 00.0″ 6.39 −1.47 1216 B3V: triple star; suspected variable. Vmax = 6.33, Vmin = 6.39
HD 131491 131491 73118 14 56 38.35 −62° 21′ 51.9″ 6.39 −1.07 1012 B5V double star
HD 133557 133557 74044 15 07 56.15 −61° 07′ 43.2″ 6.49 1.01 406 F2III
HD 130021 130021 72518 14 49 37.06 −68° 56′ 10.2″ 6.50 −0.58 851 B3III variable star, ΔV = 0.008, P = 1.94001 d
BP Cir BP 129708 72264 14 46 41.98 −61° 27′ 43.0″ 7.52 F2/F3II+B6.0 Cepheid variable, Vmax = 7.37, Vmin = 7.71, P = 2.39810 d
HD 129445 129445 72203 14 46 03.06 −68° 45′ 45.9″ 8.81 4.66 221 G8V has a planet (b)
WR 70 137603 79863 15 29 44.69 −58° 34′ 51.3″ 9.71 1840 WC9+B0I Wolf–Rayet star
WR 66 CC 134877 74634 15 14 57.72 −59° 50′ 30.3″ 11.34 WN8(h) Wolf–Rayet star, ΔV = 0.1
WR 65 15 13 41.71 −59° 11′ 44.98″ 13.65 WC9d+OB Wolf–Rayet star
WR 67 15 15 32.627 −59° 02′ 30.7″ 11.84 WN6w Wolf–Rayet star
WR 67a 15 16 36.961 −58° 09′ 58.79″ 16.25 WN6h Wolf–Rayet star
WR 67b 15 17 46.301 −57° 56′ 59.29″ 17.27 WC8 Wolf–Rayet star
WR 67-3 15 15 39.42 −58° 08′ 16.1″ 15.33 WN10 Wolf–Rayet star
WR 68 15 18 20.758 −59° 38′ 17.32″ 13.28 WC7 Wolf–Rayet star
WR 68a 15 23 16.617 −57° 44′ 19.79″ 13.2 WN6+O5.5/6 Wolf–Rayet star
WR 68-1 15 20 35.923 −57° 27′ 11.95″ invisible WN4b Wolf–Rayet star, completely invisible in the visible spectrum due to dust extinction
BX Cir BX 14 01 36.47 −66° 09′ 56.3″ 12.62 B+... prototype BX Circini variable, Vmax = 12.57, Vmin = 12.62, P = 0.10658 d
BW Cir BW 13 58 09.92 −64° 44′ 04.9″ 16.9 low-mass X-ray binary
Circinus X-1 BR 15 20 40.85 −57° 10′ 00.1″ 21.4 low-mass X-ray binary
PSR B1451-68 14 56 00.03 −68° 43′ 40.0″ pulsar
PSR B1509-58 15 13 55.52 −59° 08′ 08.8″ pulsar
Table legend:

 • Name = Proper name
 • B = Bayer designation
 • F or/and G. = Flamsteed designation or Gould designation
 • Var = Variable star designation
 • HD = Henry Draper Catalogue designation number
 • HIP = Hipparcos Catalogue designation number
 • RA = Right ascension for the Epoch/Equinox J2000.0
 • Dec = Declination for the Epoch/Equinox J2000.0

 • vis. mag. = visual magnitude (m or mv), also known as apparent magnitude
 • abs. mag. = absolute magnitude (Mv)
 • Dist. (ly) = Distance in light-years from Earth
 • Sp. class = Spectral class of the star in the stellar classification system
 • Notes = Common name(s) or alternate name(s); comments; notable properties

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