Star profile

Epsilon Grus

3D likeness based on its real data · class A · ~8,500 K

What is Epsilon Grus

Epsilon Gruis shines blue-white on the outstretched wing of the southern Crane, a young star —barely 250 million years old— still carrying the heat of its forging. From a distance of about 129 light-years, it traces with its sisters the long neck of the celestial bird, a constellation first mapped by Dutch navigators at the close of the sixteenth century, when the southern sky was still a blank territory to Europe.

Where it is and when to see it

Epsilon 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, when it culminates around midnight.

From London it never rises above the horizon.
From New York it never rises above the horizon.
From Sydney it culminates about 73° above the horizon.

It can be seen from anywhere south of 39° N.

It ranks no. 4 in brightness among the 39 stars of Grus in our catalogue. To find it, start from Alnair, the brightest: it lies about 8° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).

The light you see today left it about 130 years ago.

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Astronomical data for Epsilon Grus

Constellation: Grus
Apparent magnitude: 3.49
Distance: 128.9 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 342.139° · Dec -51.317°
Catalogue: HIP 112623 · HD 215789

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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