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κ Crucis (kappa Crucis)

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -35.41°   Az: 214.74°   Direction: South-West

κ Crucis is a supergiant star of spectral class B5 in the constellation of Crux.

κ Crucis visual magnitude is 5.9. Because of its faintness, κ Crucis is visible to the naked eye only from locations with very dark skies, while it is not visible at all from skies affected by light pollution.

Image of κ Crucis (kappa Crucis) star
DSS2 image of κ Crucis. The red arrow shows the motion of κ Crucis during the next 10000 years (0.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

12h 55m 20s
-60° 30’ 46”
04h 42m 33s
17h 37m 53s

J2000

12h 53m 49s
-60° 22’ 36”

Galactic Coordinates

303.23°
2.49°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for κ Crucis (kappa Crucis).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.9
Supergiant

-24.10
B5I
8163K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

κ Crucis is distant 32,600,000.00 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 4 kilometers per second.

10,000,000.00
32,600,000.00
-4 km/s
0.004 arcsec/y
-0.021"/y

Alternative Designations

κ Crucis
(kappa Crucis)
SAO252077
SAO252077

Visibility from Your Location

κ Crucis (kappa Crucis) is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK