Constellation
The constellation Crux
Cru
Crux gathers 32 naked-eye stars —down to magnitude 6— in Stelvia's catalogue. The brightest is Acrux, and the constellation reaches its highest point of the night around March.
Crux in figures
- Catalogued stars
- 32
- Brightest star
- Acrux
- Region of the sky
- Southern sky
- Highest around
- March
- With a proper name
- 5
- Nearest star
- Eta Crucis
Those visible to the naked eye, down to magnitude 6
Apparent magnitude 0.77
Declination from -65° to -56°
Month when it culminates at midnight
Stars with a traditional name, not just a catalogue designation
64 light years
These figures are computed over Stelvia's catalogue —stars visible to the naked eye, down to magnitude 6—, not over the constellation's real total: the count, the brightest and the nearest all refer to that catalogue. The region of the sky comes from the median declination of its stars; the month, from their mean right ascension.
Every star in Crux
The 32 stars of Crux catalogued by Stelvia, from the brightest to the faintest. Each one has its own page.
- AcruxAlpha 1 Crucis0.77
- MimosaBeta Crucis1.25
- GacruxGamma Crucis1.59
- ImaiDelta Crucis2.79
- GinanEpsilon Crucis3.59
- Mu 1 Crucis4.03
- Zeta Crucis4.06
- Eta Crucis4.14
- Theta 1 Crucis4.32
- HIP 623274.62
- Lambda Crucis4.62
- Iota Crucis4.69
- Theta 2 Crucis4.72
- HIP 619664.91
- Mu 2 Crucis5.08
- HIP 620275.27
- HIP 631175.34
- HIP 603795.38
- HIP 607815.38
- HIP 583795.44
- HIP 611365.49
- HIP 583265.59
- HIP 584275.59
- HIP 627325.71
- HIP 628945.75
- HIP 609695.78
- Kappa Crucis5.89
- HIP 595175.91
- HIP 603085.91
- HIP 589215.95
- HIP 611585.96
- HIP 620585.99
A symbolic commemorative gift: neither the signature nor the chosen name implies ownership of the star or recognition by the IAU.