Heliocodex

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Crux

38 stars in Crux can be seen by eye from a dark place. 7 have names of their own. The rest go by a Greek letter, a number, or their place in a catalogue. Here is every one, brightest first.

Its stars

39 in all. The dot shows each star's colour.

  1. AcruxOne of the brightest in the sky, 320 light years
  2. MimosaOne of the brightest in the sky, 280 light years
  3. GacruxEasy to see, 89 light years
  4. ImaiEasy to see, 350 light years
  5. GinanSeen away from bright lights, 230 light years
  6. Mu-1 CrucisSeen away from bright lights, 410 light years
  7. Zeta CrucisSeen away from bright lights, 360 light years
  8. Eta CrucisSeen away from bright lights, 64 light years
  9. Theta-1 CrucisSeen away from bright lights, 230 light years
  10. Lambda CrucisSeen away from bright lights, 380 light years
  11. HIP 62327Seen away from bright lights, 380 light years
  12. Iota CrucisSeen away from bright lights, 120 light years
  13. Theta-2 CrucisSeen away from bright lights, 850 light years
  14. LumbungSeen away from bright lights, 960 light years
  15. Mu-2 CrucisJust seen from a dark place, 410 light years
  16. HIP 62027Just seen from a dark place, 1,200 light years
  17. HIP 60781Just seen from a dark place, 440 light years
  18. HIP 60379Just seen from a dark place, 360 light years
  19. HIP 58379Just seen from a dark place, 760 light years
  20. HIP 61136Just seen from a dark place, 1,400 light years
  21. HIP 58326Just seen from a dark place, 610 light years
  22. HIP 60969Just seen from a dark place, 510 light years
  23. HIP 60308Just seen from a dark place, 2,300 light years
  24. HIP 58921Just seen from a dark place, 680 light years
  25. HIP 61158Just seen from a dark place, 250 light years
  26. HIP 62058Just seen from a dark place, 380 light years
  27. HIP 60771Just seen from a dark place, 660 light years
  28. HIP 60851Just seen from a dark place, 320 light years
  29. HIP 62026Just seen from a dark place, 350 light years
  30. HIP 59396Just seen from a dark place, 310 light years
  31. HIP 60870Just seen from a dark place, 140 light years
  32. HIP 58642Just seen from a dark place, 330 light years
  33. HIP 60861Just seen from a dark place, 530 light years
  34. HIP 59200Just seen from a dark place, 2,800 light years
  35. HIP 61443Just seen from a dark place, 150 light years
  36. HIP 58901Just seen from a dark place, 350 light years
  37. HIP 60780Just seen from a dark place, 860 light years
  38. HIP 62084Just seen from a dark place, 550 light years
  39. TupãNeeds a telescope, 120 light years

Where this comes from

The stars and their measurements are from the HYG star database, version 4.4, by David Nash, shared under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 licence. Which constellation a star belongs to follows the boundaries drawn by the International Astronomical Union, as that database gives them. To see what is up tonight, open the sky map.