Delta Cru

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Delta Cru is a bright blue-white giant star in the Southern Cross (Crux) constellation, visible to the naked eye in the southern sky.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Delta Cru canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (34)

Predicate Object
instanceOf blue-white giant star ⓘ
star ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Delta Cru ⓘ
HD 106490 ⓘ
HR 4662 ⓘ
δ Crucis ⓘ
linked to: Delta Crucis
apparentMagnitudeV about 2.8 ⓘ
BayerDesignation δ Crucis ⓘ
linked to: Delta Crucis
belongsToAsterism Southern Cross ⓘ
color blue-white ⓘ
constellation Crux ⓘ
declination −58° (approx) ⓘ
distanceFromEarth about 110 parsecs ⓘ
about 360 light-years ⓘ
effectiveTemperature about 22000 K ⓘ
evolutionaryStage subgiant or giant ⓘ
galacticPopulation thin disk ⓘ
hasCompanion no well-established stellar companion ⓘ
HDNumber 106490 ⓘ
hemisphere southern sky ⓘ
HIPNumber 59747 ⓘ
HRNumber 4662 ⓘ
isBrightStarIn Crux ⓘ
isNavigationStar true ⓘ
locatedIn Southern Cross ⓘ
luminosity hundreds of times solar luminosity ⓘ
luminosityClass IV ⓘ
mass several times solar mass ⓘ
partOf Milky Way ⓘ
rightAscension 12h 15m (approx) ⓘ
spectralType B2 IV ⓘ
usedFor celestial navigation in Southern Hemisphere ⓘ
visibleFrom Southern Hemisphere ⓘ
visibleTo naked eye ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

Delta Crucis → otherName → Delta Cru ⓘ
Delta Crucis → alsoKnownAs → Delta Cru ⓘ
subject linked to: Delta Cru
HR 4656 → alsoKnownAs → Delta Cru ⓘ