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Gamma Crucis

Star Gamma Crucis

Red giant Gamma Crucis is located 89 light years away from the Sun. It is a single star of spectral class M3.5 III, that has 150 % of solar mass. For now, there are no known exoplanets in this star system.

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Sun distance
89 light years

Gamma Crucis

Red giant, High proper motion star

Spectral class: M3.5 III

Location +

Right ascension: 12h 31m 9.960s

Declination: -57° 6' 47.568'' (southern hemisphere)

Parallax: 36.830

Sun distance: 88.600 ly | 27.2 pc

Basic characteristic

Mass: 150 % M Sun

Size: 8400 % R Sun

Luminosity: 820 L Sun

Photometry

Apparent magnitude (V): 1.6

Absolute magnitude (V): -0.5

Absolute stellar magnitude in different parts of the electromagnetic spectrum from infrared (K band) to ultraviolet (U band).

K
2.1

H
1.6

J
1.2

Grp
0.8

I
0.8

G
0.6

V
0.5

Gbp
0.5

B
0.4

U
0.3

Gamma Crucis system structure


	Gamma Crucis

More about Gamma Crucis

       Gamma Crucis can be found in southern celestial hemisphere, and it is possible to see it with naked eye.

Other designations of this star
Gacrux, CD−56 4504, γ Crucis, Gl 470, Gliese 470, HD 108903, HIP 61084, HR 4763, LTT 4752, SAO 240019

External sources

Simbad database (* gam Cru)

Astronomical database SIMBAD (the Set of Identifications, Measurements and Bibliography for Astronomical Data)

Frequently Asked Questions

How far is the Gamma Crucis system from the Sun?

The Gamma Crucis system is 89 light years or 27.2 parsecs from the Sun.

What galaxy is the Gamma Crucis star in?

The Gamma Crucis is in the Milky Way galaxy just like the Sun.

How many stars are in the Gamma Crucis system?

The Gamma Crucis is a single star, there are no other known stars in the system.

What type of star is the Gamma Crucis?

The star Gamma Crucis is a Red giant star.

What temperature is the Gamma Crucis?

The primary in the Gamma Crucis system has an effective temperature of K ( °C). Find out more about the temperature of stars in Stellar guide

Class of stars Red giant

White dwarfs are the hot, extremely dense stellar remnants left behind by stars that originally had masses between about 0.5 and 8 times the mass of the Sun during their main sequence lifetimes. After exhausting their nuclear fuel, these stars shed their outer layers and leave behind a compact core. Although white dwarfs contain between roughly 0.2 and 1.44 solar masses, this mass is packed into a volume comparable to that of an Earth-sized planet, making them some of the densest objects in the Universe.

Closest stars

Gaia DR2 6073379632562834688	-	4.3 ly
Gaia DR3 6061641486952201216	-	6.3 ly
2MASS J12571355-5503591	-	6.6 ly
UCAC4 183-089083	-	6.8 ly
L 254-34	-	7.1 ly

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