HIP 62434

E538672

HIP 62434 is the Hipparcos catalog designation for Beta Crucis, a bright blue giant star in the Southern Cross constellation.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
HIP 62434 canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf star ⓘ
age_millionYears about 8 ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Beta Crucis ⓘ
Mimosa ⓘ
β Crucis ⓘ
linked to: Beta Crucis
apparentMagnitudeV 1.25 ⓘ
belongsToAsterism Southern Cross asterism ⓘ
linked to: Crux constellation
catalogDesignation CD−59 4474 ⓘ
linked to: CD−59 4504

HD 111123 ⓘ
HIP 62434 ⓘ
HR 4853 ⓘ
SAO 240019 ⓘ
colorIndexB−V −0.23 ⓘ
colorIndexU−B −0.95 ⓘ
constellation Crux ⓘ
declination −59° 41′ 19.63″ ⓘ
distanceFromEarth_ly approximately 280 light-years ⓘ
distanceFromEarth_pc approximately 86 parsecs ⓘ
dominantColor blue-white ⓘ
effectiveTemperature_K about 27,000 ⓘ
equatorialCoordinateSystem ICRS ⓘ
evolutionaryStage blue giant ⓘ
galacticLatitude_deg −0.36 ⓘ
galacticLongitude_deg 300.13 ⓘ
galacticPopulation young disk star ⓘ
hasCompanion HIP 62434 B ⓘ
linked to: HIP 62434

HIP 62434 C ⓘ
hemisphereVisibility Southern Hemisphere ⓘ
isPartOf Southern Cross ⓘ
locatedIn Milky Way ⓘ
luminosity_solar about 34,000 ⓘ
mass_solar about 16 ⓘ
multiplicity multiple star system ⓘ
notableFor being one of the brightest B-type stars in the sky ⓘ
parallax_mas about 11.6 ⓘ
properMotionDec_masPerYear about −13 ⓘ
properMotionRA_masPerYear about −36 ⓘ
radialVelocity_kmPerSec about +15 ⓘ
radius_solar about 8.4 ⓘ
rankByBrightnessInCrux second-brightest star in Crux ⓘ
rightAscension 12h 47m 43.268s ⓘ
rotationalVelocity_kmPerSec about 35 ⓘ
spectralClass B-type ⓘ
spectralType B0.5 III ⓘ
variableType Beta Cephei variable ⓘ
linked to: Beta Cephei
visibleToNakedEye true ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

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