HR 4656

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HR 4656 is a bright blue-white giant star in the Southern Cross constellation, known more commonly as Delta Crucis.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
HR 4656 canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (39)

Predicate Object
instanceOf B-type giant star ⓘ
star ⓘ
age_Myr about 16 ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Delta Cru ⓘ
Delta Crucis ⓘ
HD 111123 ⓘ
HIP 62434 ⓘ
δ Crucis ⓘ
linked to: Delta Crucis
apparentMagnitudeV 2.79 ⓘ
bayerDesignation Delta Crucis ⓘ
color blue-white ⓘ
constellation Crux ⓘ
declination −58° 44′ (approx, J2000) ⓘ
distanceFromEarth_ly approximately 345 ⓘ
distanceFromEarth_pc approximately 106 ⓘ
dominantFusionProcess hydrogen fusion in core or shell ⓘ
effectiveTemperature_K about 22,000 ⓘ
epoch J2000 ⓘ
evolutionaryStage subgiant or giant leaving main sequence ⓘ
flamsteedDesignation 9 Crucis ⓘ
galacticLatitude low galactic latitude ⓘ
galacticPopulation thin disk ⓘ
hasColorIndexBminusV about −0.22 ⓘ
HDNumber 111123 ⓘ
hemisphereVisibility southern hemisphere ⓘ
HIPNumber 62434 ⓘ
HRNumber 4656 ⓘ
isPartOf Milky Way Galaxy ⓘ
linked to: Milky Way
luminosity_solar about 10,000 ⓘ
mass_solar about 8 ⓘ
parallax_mas about 9.4 ⓘ
partOf Southern Cross asterism ⓘ
linked to: Crux constellation
radius_solar about 8 ⓘ
rankByBrightnessInCrux third-brightest star in Crux ⓘ
rightAscension 12h 15m (approx, J2000) ⓘ
rotationalVelocity_km_s about 210 ⓘ
spectralType B2IV ⓘ
variableType Beta Cephei-type candidate ⓘ
visibleToNakedEye true ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (1)

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

Delta Crucis → otherName → HR 4656 ⓘ