HIP 60718

E533149

HIP 60718 is the Hipparcos catalog designation for Alpha Crucis, the brightest star in the Southern Cross constellation.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
HIP 60718 canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf star ⓘ
stellar_system ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Acrux ⓘ
Alpha Crucis ⓘ
α Crucis ⓘ
linked to: Alpha Crucis
apparentMagnitudeV 1.25 ⓘ
bayerDesignation α Crucis ⓘ
linked to: Alpha Crucis
belongsToAsterism Southern Cross ⓘ
catalogDesignation CD−63 1042 ⓘ
CPD−63 2495 ⓘ
FK5 438 ⓘ
HD 108248 ⓘ
HIP 60718 ⓘ
HR 4730 ⓘ
SAO 251904 ⓘ
colorIndexBminusV −0.24 ⓘ
componentCount 3 ⓘ
constellation Crux ⓘ
declination −63° 05′ 56″ ⓘ
distanceFromEarth about 320 light-years ⓘ
about 98 parsecs ⓘ
effectiveTemperature about 24,000 K ⓘ
equatorialCoordinateSystem ICRS ⓘ
flamsteedDesignation none ⓘ
galacticLatitude −0.60° ⓘ
galacticLongitude 300.13° ⓘ
hasComponent Alpha Crucis A ⓘ
linked to: Alpha Crucis

Alpha Crucis B ⓘ
linked to: Alpha Crucis

Alpha Crucis C ⓘ
linked to: Alpha Crucis
hasHipparcosNumber 60718 ⓘ
hemisphere southern_celestial_hemisphere ⓘ
isBrightestStarIn Crux ⓘ
Southern Cross ⓘ
isPartOf Local Arm ⓘ
Milky Way ⓘ
luminosity about 25,000 times solar_luminosity ⓘ
mass about 14 solar_masses ⓘ
multiplicity multiple_star_system ⓘ
parallax 10.13 mas ⓘ
properMotionDec −14.82 mas/yr ⓘ
properMotionRA −35.83 mas/yr ⓘ
radialVelocity about −11 km/s ⓘ
radius about 8 solar_radii ⓘ
rightAscension 12h 26m 35.9s ⓘ
spectralType B0.5 IV ⓘ
B1 V ⓘ
visibleToNakedEye true ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (1)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Alpha Crucis → hasHIPDesignation → HIP 60718 ⓘ