CD−59 4504

E538673

CD−59 4504 is a catalog designation for Beta Crucis, a bright blue giant star in the constellation Crux.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
CD−59 4504 canonical 2
CD−59 4474 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf blue giant star ⓘ
star ⓘ
absoluteMagnitudeV −3.9 ⓘ
age about 8–10 million years ⓘ
apparentMagnitudeV 1.25 ⓘ
bayerDesignation β Crucis ⓘ
linked to: Beta Crucis
belongsTo Milky Way ⓘ
catalogDesignation CD−59 4504 ⓘ
colorIndexB−V −0.23 ⓘ
colorIndexU−B −0.95 ⓘ
declination −59° 41′ 19″ ⓘ
distanceFromEarth about 280 light-years ⓘ
about 86 parsecs ⓘ
effectiveTemperature about 27,000 K ⓘ
equatorialCoordinateSystem ICRS ⓘ
flamsteedDesignation 3 Crucis ⓘ
galacticLatitude about +0.77° ⓘ
galacticLongitude about 300.13° ⓘ
galacticPopulation thin disk ⓘ
hasCompanion spectroscopic companion suspected ⓘ
hasPulsations radial and non-radial ⓘ
hdDesignation HD 111123 ⓘ
hemisphereVisibility southern hemisphere ⓘ
hipparcosDesignation HIP 62434 ⓘ
hrDesignation HR 4853 ⓘ
isNakedEyeVisible true ⓘ
isOneOfBrightestInConstellation true ⓘ
isPartOf Southern Cross asterism ⓘ
linked to: Crux constellation
isVariableStar true ⓘ
locatedInConstellation Crux ⓘ
luminosity about 34,000 times solar luminosity ⓘ
mass about 16 solar masses ⓘ
metallicityFeH near solar ⓘ
parallax 11.71 mas ⓘ
radialVelocity about +15 km/s ⓘ
radius about 8.4 solar radii ⓘ
rankByBrightnessInCrux second brightest star in Crux ⓘ
rightAscension 12h 47m 43s ⓘ
rotationalVelocity about 35 km/s ⓘ
sameAs Beta Crucis ⓘ
Mimosa ⓘ
β Crucis ⓘ
linked to: Beta Crucis
saoDesignation SAO 240019 ⓘ
spectralType B0.5 III ⓘ
traditionalName Mimosa ⓘ
variableStarType Beta Cephei variable ⓘ
linked to: Beta Cephei

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

Beta Crucis → hasCatalogIdentifier → CD−59 4504 ⓘ
HIP 62434 → catalogDesignation → CD−59 4474 ⓘ
linked to: CD−59 4504
CD−59 4504 → catalogDesignation → CD−59 4504 ⓘ