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Sig-2
Its story
Sigma-2 Gruis is a white A-type star about 215 light-years away, in the southern Crane —the slender bird that sixteenth-century European navigators drew above the southern horizon. Its cool light crosses that of nearby Alnair, one of the brightest stars in the southern hemisphere. Sigma-2 plays a background role there, marking the silhouette of the outstretched wings.
- Constellation
- Grus
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.85
- Distance
- 214.7 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 339.245° · Dec -40.591°
- Catalogue
- HIP 111643 · HD 214150
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