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Ginan - ε Crucis (epsilon Crucis)

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -75.54°   Az: 136.66°   Direction: South-East

Ginan, also designated as ε Crucis (epsilon Crucis), is a variable giant star of spectral class K3 in the constellation of Crux.

Ginan visual magnitude is 3.59. Because of its moderate brightness, Ginan is easily visible to the naked eye from locations with dark skies, while it might be barely visible, or not visible at all, from light-polluted skies.

Image of Ginan - ε Crucis (epsilon Crucis) star
DSS2 image of Ginan. The red arrow shows the motion of Ginan during the next 1000 years (-2.92 arcmin in Right Ascension and 1.45 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

12h 22m 45s
-60° 32’ 30”
13h 21m 34s
01h 44m 20s

J2000

12h 21m 21s
-60° 24’ 03”

Galactic Coordinates

299.23°
2.25°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for Ginan - ε Crucis (epsilon Crucis).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

3.59
Giant

-0.63
K3III
3918K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where Ginan is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of Ginan. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

Ginan is distant 227.97 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 5 kilometers per second.

69.93
227.97
-5 km/s
-0.175 arcsec/y
0.087"/y

Alternative Designations

Ginan
ε Crucis
(epsilon Crucis)
SAO251862
SAO251862

Visibility from Your Location

Ginan - ε Crucis (epsilon Crucis) is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK