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Rho Grus

3D likeness based on its real data · class K · ~4,200 K

What is Rho Grus

Rho Gruis is a solitary orange K0 giant in the southern constellation of the Crane, a bird placed in the sky in 1597 by navigators Keyser and de Houtman. At 230 light-years, her warm tone contrasts with the three brighter stars that trace the crane's neck pointing south. Two very faint visual companions appear in her catalogs, too weak to alter her dominant glow.

Where it is and when to see it

Rho Grus lies in the southern celestial hemisphere. It is visible to the naked eye under a dark sky. Its best month of the year is August: the Sun sits at the opposite point of the sky and the star culminates around midnight. How high it climbs above the horizon depends on the latitude you watch from.

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The signature wall

Stelvia's sky works like a signature wall: anyone can leave their name and a message on a real star, and that signature goes up on the map for everyone to read. Signing is free.

A signature without a lock can be replaced by someone else's. The lock makes the signature permanent and lets you choose a symbolic name for the star, always shown next to the star's catalogue identifier. How the lock works

If you don't have an account yet, we'll ask for an email to confirm it's you: we send you a link and that's it, no password.

Write my signature

A public signature from a real person. The chosen name is a symbolic denomination within Stelvia, with no official standing or IAU recognition: the sky is not for sale and belongs to no one.

Astronomical data for Rho Grus

Constellation
Grus
Apparent magnitude
4.84
Distance
230.4 light years
Coordinates (J2000)
RA 340.875° · Dec -41.414°
Catalogue
HIP 112203 · HD 215104

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Other stars in Grus

Grus has 39 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.

See all 39 stars in Grus