Star profile
Intercrus
What is Intercrus
Intercrus shines orange at 280 light-years from the Earth, in the constellation Ursa Major, far from the spotlight given to the better-known stars of the celestial Wagon. Its name, Latin and modern in coinage, literally means «between the legs» and describes with dry pragmatism its exact position within the figure of the celestial bear itself. A discreet star, chosen to bear a proper name precisely because no ancient tradition had ever come round to baptising it: modern astronomy can also reclaim for language what the sky had left anonymous for millennia.
Where it is and when to see it
Intercrus lies in the northern celestial hemisphere. It is visible to the naked eye under a dark sky. Its best month of the year is January: 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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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 Intercrus
- Constellation
- Ursa Major
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.40
- Distance
- 280.0 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 142.167° · Dec 45.601°
- Catalogue
- HIP 46471 · HD 81688
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Other stars in Ursa Major
Ursa Major has 124 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.
- AliothEpsilon Ursae Majoris1.76
- DubheAlpha Ursae Majoris1.81
- AlkaidEta Ursae Majoris1.85
- 61 Ursae Majoris5.31
- HIP 402155.34
- 74 Ursae Majoris5.37
- HIP 657285.40
- HIP 562905.46