List of stars in Crux

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

Name B Var HD HIP RA Dec vis.mag. abs.mag. Dist. (ly) Sp. class Notes β Cru β 111123 62434 1.25 −3.92 352 B0.5III Mimosa, Becrux; binary star or possibly triple star system, 20th brightest of all stars; β Cep variable, Probable high-mass member of Lower Centaurus–Crux subgroup of the Scorpius–Centaurus association. α1 Cru (α Cru A) α1 108248 60718 1.4 −3.6 321 B0.5IV component of Acrux, 23rd brightest star, multiple star, spectroscopic binary. Possible member Lower Centaurus–Crux subgroup of the Scorpius–Centaurus association (debated). γ Cru γ 108903 61084 1.60 −0.56 88 M4III Gacrux, SRV, α2 Cru (α Cru B) α2 108249 2.09 −2.88 321 B1V component of Acrux. Possible member Lower Centaurus–Crux subgroup of the Scorpius–Centaurus association (debated). δ Cru δ 106490 59747 2.79 −2.45 364 B2IV Imai, β Cep variable; Member of the Lower Centaurus–Crux subgroup of the Scorpius–Centaurus association. ε Cru ε 107446 60260 3.59 −0.63 228 K3/K4III Ginan, suspected variable μ1 Cru μ1 112092 63003 4.03 −1.29 377 B2IV-V binary star; suspected variable; Member of the Lower Centaurus–Crux subgroup of the Scorpius–Centaurus association. ζ Cru ζ 106983 60009 4.06 −1.16 361 B2.5V double star, Member of the Lower Centaurus–Crux subgroup of the Scorpius–Centaurus association. η Cru η 105211 59072 4.14 2.67 64 F2III double star θ1 Cru θ1 104671 58758 4.32 0.08 230 Am spectroscopic binary HD 110956 110956 62327 4.62 −0.80 396 B3V double star; suspected slow irregular variable; Member of the Lower Centaurus–Crux subgroup of the Scorpius–Centaurus association. λ Cru λ 112078 63007 4.62 −0.59 360 B4Vn β Cep variable, , Member of the Lower Centaurus–Crux subgroup of the Scorpius–Centaurus association. ι Cru ι 110829 62268 4.69 1.78 125 K1III optical double θ2 Cru θ2 104841 58867 4.72 −2.10 753 B2IV spectroscopic binary; β Cep variable, α Cru C 108250 4.86 B4IV probable optical double with the α Cru system; suspected variable CH Cru CH 110335 61966 4.91 −2.60 1035 B6IV LumbungIAU-Catalog of Star Names, γ Cas variable μ2 Cru μ2 112091 63005 5.08 −0.14 361 B5Vne component of μ Cru system; γ Cas variable, HD 110432 BZ 110432 62027 5.27 −2.12 982 B2pe high-mass X-ray binary; γ Cas variable, HD 112244 112244 63117 5.34 −3.47 1884 O9Ib emission-line star; variable star, HD 107696 107696 60379 5.38 0.28 342 B9V suspected variable BL Cru BL 108396 60781 5.38 −0.82 566 M4/M5III semiregular variable, HD 103961 103961 58379 5.44 −1.00 633 B8III suspected variable, BG Cru BG 108968 61136 5.49 −3.07 1680 F5Ib-G0p Cepheid variable, HD 103884 103884 58326 5.59 −0.73 598 B3V suspected variable HD 104035 104035 58427 5.59 −4.11 2835 A3Ib DS Cru DS 111613 62732 5.71 −4.10 2991 A2Iab emission-line star; α Cyg variable HD 111904 111904 62894 5.75 −4.71 4025 B9Ia suspected variable, HD 108732 108732 60969 5.78 −0.40 562 M1III variable star, HD 106068 106068 59517 5.91 −4.96 4866 B9Ia suspected variable, HD 107543 107543 60308 5.91 −2.73 1743 K4III + (F) variable star, HD 104933 104933 58921 5.95 −0.59 661 M2III suspected variable HD 109000 109000 61158 5.96 1.62 240 A8III κ Cru κ 111973 62931 5.98 −2.55 1661 B5Ia member of the Jewel Box star cluster (note that κ Cru usually refers to the cluster itself); variable star, HD 110506 110506 62058 5.99 0.47 414 B9Vn Member of the Lower Centaurus–Crux subgroup of the Scorpius–Centaurus association. HD 108355 108355 60771 6.02 −0.50 657 B8IV HD 108501 108501 60851 6.05 1.11 317 A0Vn HD 110461 110461 62026 6.06 0.77 372 B9V Member of the Lower Centaurus–Crux subgroup of the Scorpius–Centaurus association. HD 105841 105841 59396 6.08 1.34 290 F0III HD 108570 108570 60870 6.15 3.02 138 K0/K1III HD 104430 104430 58642 6.16 1.28 309 A1V DL Cru DL 106343 59678 6.20 −7.66 ~20000 B1.5Ia α Cyg variable HD 108530 108530 60861 6.21 0.31 494 K2III HD 105437 105437 59200 6.22 −2.89 2159 K3/K4II HD 109492 109492 61443 6.22 2.89 151 G4IV HD 104900 104900 58910 6.30 1.12 354 B9Vn HD 108395 108395 60780 6.35 −0.79 874 K4III HD 104111 104111 58469 6.36 −5.85 9022 A8II HD 110532 110532 62084 6.41 −0.14 667 K0/K1III double star γ Cru B γ 108925 6.42 A3V component of the γ Cru system T Cru T 107447 60259 6.58 4000 G2Ib Cepheid variable, S Cru S 112044 62986 6.58 2300 F7Ib-II Cepheid variable, R Cru R 107805 60455 6.90 0.94 508 F7Ib/II Cepheid variable, HD 108147 108147 60644 6.99 4.05 126 F9V Tupã; has a planet (b) AG Cru AG 110258 7.90 F8Ib-II Cepheid variable, HD 106906 106906 59960 7.8 300 F5V has a planet (b) BH Cru BH 59844 7.96 8200 SC4.5-7/8e Mira variable, X Cru X 110945 8.10 G1Ib Cepheid variable, W Cru W 105998 59483 8.44 G2Iab β Lyr variable AB Cru AB 106871 59935 8.48 3900 B2IVe Algol variable AI Cru AI 59026 9.68 2300 F7Ib-II Algol variable GX 301-2 BP 10.66 B1.2Ia High-mass X-ray binary, WR 46 DI 104994 58954 10.8 −2.25 13000 WN3p Wolf–Rayet star, HDE 311884 CD 311884 10.81 911 WN6o + O5V Wolf–Rayet star, NGC 4349-127 10.82 6500 KIII has a planet BI Cru BI 11.00 B+.... Symbiotic star,

See also List of star names in Crux List of stars by constellation Bandeira do Brasil: Sobre as estrelas (Portuguese)

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