HD 106490

E599095

HD 106490 is a bright blue-white giant star in the constellation Crux, commonly known as Delta Crucis and forming part of the Southern Cross asterism.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
HD 106490 canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Gamma Cassiopeiae variable ⓘ
star ⓘ
absoluteMagnitudeV −2.5 ⓘ
age about 16 million years ⓘ
alsoKnownAs CD−59 4319 ⓘ
CPD−59 4470 ⓘ
Delta Crucis ⓘ
HIP 59747 ⓘ
HR 4656 ⓘ
δ Crucis ⓘ
linked to: Delta Crucis
apparentMagnitudeV 2.79 ⓘ
asterism Southern Cross ⓘ
bayerDesignation Delta Crucis ⓘ
catalog Bright Star Catalogue ⓘ
Henry Draper Catalogue ⓘ
Hipparcos Catalogue ⓘ
color blue-white ⓘ
constellation Crux ⓘ
declination −58° 44′ 56″ ⓘ
distance about 110 parsecs ⓘ
about 350 light-years ⓘ
effectiveTemperature about 22,000 K ⓘ
epoch J2000.0 ⓘ
flamsteedDesignation not applicable ⓘ
formsAsterismWith Alpha Crucis ⓘ
Beta Crucis ⓘ
Epsilon Crucis ⓘ
Gamma Crucis ⓘ
galacticLatitude −1.96° ⓘ
galacticLongitude 300.13° ⓘ
galacticPopulation thin disk ⓘ
hasProperMotionDec −12 mas/yr ⓘ
hasProperMotionRA −36 mas/yr ⓘ
isBrightStar true ⓘ
isNakedEyeVisible true ⓘ
luminosity about 10,000 times solar luminosity ⓘ
mass about 8 solar masses ⓘ
parallax 9.25 mas ⓘ
partOf Southern Cross ⓘ
radius about 8 solar radii ⓘ
rightAscension 12h 15m 08.7s ⓘ
rotationalVelocity about 210 km/s ⓘ
spectralType B2 IV ⓘ
variableType Gamma Cassiopeiae-type ⓘ

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 → HD 106490 ⓘ
Delta Crucis → alsoKnownAs → HD 106490 ⓘ
subject linked to: Delta Cru
HIP 59747 → hasDesignation → HD 106490 ⓘ