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Ginan
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Its story
Ginan is one of the names given by the Wardaman tradition of northern Australia to this orange star of the Southern Cross, formally adopted by the IAU as recognition of Aboriginal astronomy. At 230 light-years, its warm light travels for more than two centuries along the same path it followed when the first European navigators were attempting to chart the southern coasts with newly refined sextants.
- Constellation
- Crux
- Apparent magnitude
- 3.59
- Distance
- 229.9 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 185.340° · Dec -60.401°
- Catalogue
- HIP 60260 · HD 107446
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