Hadar

Luminous blue giant in Centaurus, also known as Beta Centauri. It pairs with Rigil Kentaurus as a brilliant southern guidepost. Look for it while tracing Centaurus on a dark night.

Wikipedia

Gaia has no usable parallax for this star (common for bright multiples). Distance uses the Hipparcos parallax instead.

ID
HIP 68702
Distance
120.19 pc · 392.0 ly
Parallax
8.32 mas (Hipparcos)
Magnitude (G)
0.54
Color (BP-RP)
-
Radius
unknown
RA · Dec
210.96° · -60.37°