Constellation
The constellation Grus
Gru
Grus gathers 39 naked-eye stars —down to magnitude 6— in Stelvia's catalogue. The brightest is Alnair, and the constellation reaches its highest point of the night around August.
Grus in figures
- Catalogued stars
- 39
- Brightest star
- Alnair
- Region of the sky
- Southern sky
- Highest around
- August
- With a proper name
- 3
- Nearest star
- HIP 110109
Those visible to the naked eye, down to magnitude 6
Apparent magnitude 1.73
Declination from -54° to -37°
Month when it culminates at midnight
Stars with a traditional name, not just a catalogue designation
45 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 Grus
The 39 stars of Grus catalogued by Stelvia, from the brightest to the faintest. Each one has its own page.
- AlnairAlpha Grus1.73
- TiakiBeta Grus2.07
- AldhanabGamma Grus3.00
- Epsilon Grus3.49
- Iota Grus3.88
- Delta 1 Grus3.97
- Zeta Grus4.11
- Delta 2 Grus4.12
- Theta Grus4.28
- Lambda Grus4.47
- Mu 1 Grus4.79
- Rho Grus4.84
- Eta Grus4.84
- Mu 2 Grus5.11
- Xi Grus5.29
- HIP 1101095.36
- Kappa Grus5.37
- HIP 1128325.43
- HIP 1082945.45
- Nu Grus5.47
- HIP 1085435.50
- HIP 1123815.52
- Omicron Grus5.53
- Phi Grus5.54
- HIP 1064295.57
- HIP 1076495.57
- Pi 2 Grus5.62
- Upsilon Grus5.62
- HIP 1136575.68
- Tau 3 Grus5.72
- HIP 1155375.75
- HIP 1147755.77
- HIP 1139025.79
- HIP 1141675.81
- HIP 1143825.83
- Sigma 2 Grus5.85
- HIP 1144075.90
- HIP 1149215.92
- HIP 1121175.99
A symbolic commemorative gift: neither the signature nor the chosen name implies ownership of the star or recognition by the IAU.