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ζ Crucis (zeta Crucis)

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -68.23°   Az: 138.61°   Direction: South-East

ζ Crucis is a double main-sequence star of spectral class B2 in the constellation of Crux.

ζ Crucis visual magnitude is 4.04. Because of its moderate brightness, ζ Crucis 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 ζ Crucis (zeta Crucis) star
DSS2 image of ζ Crucis. The red arrow shows the motion of ζ Crucis during the next 10000 years (-8.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

12h 19m 49s
-64° 08’ 37”
14h 16m 51s
02h 36m 41s

J2000

12h 18m 26s
-64° 00’ 11”

Galactic Coordinates

299.33°
-1.36°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for ζ Crucis (zeta Crucis).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.04
Main-sequence

-1.18
B2V
12902K

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

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

Star System Properties

ζ Crucis is a visual double star which can be observed only with the help of very large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the ζ Crucis double sysyem:

4.04
13.04
9
33.8 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

ζ Crucis is distant 361.02 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 16 kilometers per second.

110.74
361.02
16 km/s
-0.05 arcsec/y
-0.01"/y

Alternative Designations

ζ Crucis
(zeta Crucis)
SAO251841
SAO251841

Visibility from Your Location

ζ Crucis (zeta Crucis) is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK