"in Carina. One is known as the 'Diamond Cross', which is larger than the Southern Cross (but fainter), and, from the perspective of the southern hemisphere viewer, upside down, the long axes of the two crosses being close to parallel. Another asterism in the constellation is the False Cross, often mistaken for the Southern Cross, which is an asterism in Crux. The False Cross consists of two stars in Carina, Iota Carinae and Epsilon Carinae, and two stars in Vela, Kappa Velorum and Delta Velorum. Carina is known for its namesake nebula, NGC 3372, discovered by French astronomer Nicolas Louis"
"people of Mato Grosso state in Brazil saw the stars of Crux as ""Aganagi"" angry bees having emerged from the Coalsack, which they saw as the beehive. Among Tuaregs, the four most visible stars of Crux are considered ""iggaren"", i.e. four ""Maerua crassifolia"" trees. The Tswana people of Botswana saw the constellation as ""Dithutlwa"", two giraffes – Acrux and Mimosa forming a male, and Gacrux and Delta Crucis forming the female. Crux Crux is a constellation located in the southern sky in a bright portion of the Milky Way. It is among the most easily distinguished constellations, as all of"
"Crucis"" (Latinised to ""Gamma Crucis"") is the star's Bayer designation. Since Gamma Crucis is at roughly −60° declination, it lacks a traditional name. Nonetheless, it was known to the ancient Greeks and Romans, in whose era it was visible north of 40° latitude due to the precession of equinoxes. The astronomer Ptolemy counted it as part of the constellation of Centaurus. The historical name ""Gacrux"" is a contraction of the Bayer designation, coined by astronomer Elijah Hinsdale Burritt (1794-1838). In 2016, the International Astronomical Union organized a Working Group on Star Names (WGSN) to catalog and standardize proper names for"
"celestial globe and the latter in one of the small celestial maps on his large wall map. Both authors, however, depended on unreliable sources and placed Crux in the wrong position. Crux was first shown in its correct position on the celestial globes of Petrus Plancius and Jodocus Hondius in 1598 and 1600. Its stars were first catalogued separately from Centaurus by Frederick de Houtman in 1603. The constellation was later adopted by Jakob Bartsch in 1624 and Augustin Royer in 1679. Royer is sometimes wrongly cited as initially distinguishing Crux. Crux is bordered by the constellations Centaurus (which surrounds"
"Alpha Crucis Alpha Crucis (α Crucis, abbreviated Alpha Cru, α Cru) is a multiple star system 321 light-years from the Sun in the constellation of Crux and part of the asterism known as the Southern Cross. With a combined visual magnitude of 0.76, it is the brightest star in Crux and the 13th brightest star in the night sky. It is the southernmost first-magnitude star, 2.3 degrees more southerly than Alpha Centauri. To the naked eye Alpha Crucis appears as a single star, but it is actually a multiple star system. Two components are visually distinguishable: α Crucis and α"
"Crux in Chinese astronomy The modern constellation Crux is not included in the Three Enclosures and Twenty-Eight Mansions system of traditional Chinese uranography because its stars are too far south for observers in China to know about them prior to the introduction of Western star charts. Based on the work of Xu Guangqi and the German Jesuit missionary Johann Adam Schall von Bell in the late Ming Dynasty, this constellation has been classified as one of the 23 Southern Asterisms (近南極星區, ""Jìnnánjíxīngōu"") under the name Cross (十字架, ""Shízìjià""). Possibly Acrux (Alpha Crucis), Mimosa (Beta Crucis) and Gacrux (Gamma Crucis) are"
"26 other stars, each of which represents a state; α Crucis representing the State of São Paulo. The Brazilian oceanographic research vessel Alpha Crucis is named after the star. The Australian wine company Alpha Crucis is named after the star. Alpha Crucis Alpha Crucis (α Crucis, abbreviated Alpha Cru, α Cru) is a multiple star system 321 light-years from the Sun in the constellation of Crux and part of the asterism known as the Southern Cross. With a combined visual magnitude of 0.76, it is the brightest star in Crux and the 13th brightest star in the night sky. It"
"Beta Crucis Beta Crucis (β Crucis, abbreviated Beta Cru, β Cru), also named Mimosa, is a binary star system; the second-brightest star in the constellation of Crux (after Alpha Crucis or Acrux) and the 19th-brightest star in the night sky. It forms part of the prominent asterism called the Southern Cross. ""β Crucis"" (Latinised to ""Beta Crucis"") is the system's Bayer designation. Although Beta Crucis is at roughly −60° declination, and therefore not visible north of 30° latitude, in the time of the ancient Greeks and Romans it was visible north of 40° due to the precession of equinoxes, and"
"""α Crucis Aa"" and ""Ab"" - derive from the convention used by the Washington Multiplicity Catalog (WMC) for multiple star systems, and adopted by the International Astronomical Union (IAU). The historical name ""Acrux"" for ""α Crucis"" is an 'Americanism' coined in the 19th century, but entering common use only by the mid 20th century. In 2016, the International Astronomical Union organized a Working Group on Star Names (WGSN) to catalog and standardize proper names for stars. The WGSN states that in the case of multiple stars the name should be understood to be attributed to the brightest component by visual"
"Kappa Crucis (star) Kappa Crucis (κ Cru, HD 111973) is a spectroscopic binary star in the open cluster NGC 4755, which is also known as the Kappa Crucis Cluster or Jewel Box Cluster. κ Crucis is one of the brightest members of the open cluster that bears its name, better known as the Jewel Box Cluster. It forms one leg, at bottom right or south, of the prominent letter ""A"" asterism at the centre of the cluster. The cluster is part of the larger Centaurus OB1 association and lies about 8,500 light years away. The cluster, and κ Cru itself,"
"to an asterism consisting of δ Crucis, γ Crucis, α Crucis and β Crucis. Consequently, δ Crucis itself is known as (, .). The people of Aranda and Luritja tribe around Hermannsburg, Central Australia named Iritjinga, ""The Eagle-hawk"", a quadrangular arrangement comprising this star, γ Cru (Gacrux), γ Cen (Muhilfain) and δ Cen (Ma Wei). δ Cru is represented in the flags of Australia, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea as one of the stars comprising the Southern Cross. It is also featured in the flag of Brazil, along with 26 other stars, each of which represents a state. δ"
"stars. The WGSN's first bulletin of July 2016 included a table of the first two batches of names approved by the WGSN; which included ""Gacrux"" for this star. In Chinese, (), meaning ""Cross"", refers to an asterism consisting of Gamma Crucis, Alpha Crucis, Beta Crucis and Delta Crucis. Consequently, Gamma Crucis itself is known as (, .). The people of Aranda and Luritja tribe around Hermannsburg, Central Australia named ""Iritjinga"", ""The Eagle-hawk"", a quadrangular arrangement comprising this star, Delta Crucis (Palida), Gamma Centauri (Muhilfain) and Delta Centauri (Ma Wei). Among Portuguese-speaking peoples it is also named ""Rubídea"" (or Ruby-like), in"
"HR 4729 HR 4729 (HD 108250) is a multiple star system located about from the Sun in the constellation of Crux and part of the asterism known as the Southern Cross. It is a close companion of α Crucis and sometimes called α Crucis C. HR 4729 is the star's designation in the Bright Star Catalogue. It is also often referred to by its Henry Draper Catalogue listing of HD 108250. Because of its closeness to α Crucis it is included in many multiple star catalogues as α Crucis C. It is also listed as star 25 in Crux in"
"Jewel Box (star cluster) The Jewel Box (Kappa Crucis Cluster or NGC 4755) is an open cluster in the constellation Crux, originally discovered by Nicolas Louis de Lacaille in 1751–1752. This cluster was later named the Jewel Box by John Herschel when he described its telescopic appearance as ""...a superb piece of fancy jewellery"". It is easily visible to the naked eye as a hazy star some 1.0° southeast of the first-magnitude star Beta Crucis. This hazy star was given the Bayer star designation ""Kappa Crucis"", from which the cluster takes one of its common names. The modern designation Kappa"
"Cru represents the State of Minas Gerais. Delta Crucis Delta Crucis (δ Cru, δ Crucis) is a star in the southern circumpolar constellation of Crux. It is sometimes called ""Pálida"" (Pale [one]) in Portuguese. and it has proper name Imai since 10 August 2018. This star is of apparent magnitude 2.79 and is located at a distance of about from Earth, the faintest of the four bright stars that form the prominent asterism known as the Southern Cross. Delta Crucis is massive, hot and rapidly rotating star that is in the process of evolving into a giant. ""δ Crucis"" (Latinised"
"cattle from Australia to customers in Asia. An episode dedicated to the vessel features in the television documentary series ""Mighty Ships"". Beta Crucis Beta Crucis (β Crucis, abbreviated Beta Cru, β Cru), also named Mimosa, is a binary star system; the second-brightest star in the constellation of Crux (after Alpha Crucis or Acrux) and the 19th-brightest star in the night sky. It forms part of the prominent asterism called the Southern Cross. ""β Crucis"" (Latinised to ""Beta Crucis"") is the system's Bayer designation. Although Beta Crucis is at roughly −60° declination, and therefore not visible north of 30° latitude, in"
"Delta Crucis Delta Crucis (δ Cru, δ Crucis) is a star in the southern circumpolar constellation of Crux. It is sometimes called ""Pálida"" (Pale [one]) in Portuguese. and it has proper name Imai since 10 August 2018. This star is of apparent magnitude 2.79 and is located at a distance of about from Earth, the faintest of the four bright stars that form the prominent asterism known as the Southern Cross. Delta Crucis is massive, hot and rapidly rotating star that is in the process of evolving into a giant. ""δ Crucis"" (Latinised to ""Delta Crucis"") is the star's Bayer"
"these civilizations regarded it as part of the constellation of Centaurus. It bore the traditional names ""Mimosa"" and the historical name ""Becrux"". ""Mimosa"", which is derived from the Latin for 'actor', may come from the flower of the same name. ""Becrux"" is a modern contraction of the Bayer designation. In 2016, the International Astronomical Union organized a Working Group on Star Names (WGSN) to catalog and standardize proper names for stars. The WGSN's first bulletin of July 2016 included a table of the first two batches of names approved by the WGSN; which included ""Mimosa"" for this star. In Chinese,"
"observers south of latitude 25°N. In tropical regions Crux can be seen in the sky from April to June. Crux is exactly opposite to Cassiopeia on the celestial sphere, and therefore it cannot appear in the sky with the latter at the same time. For locations south of 34°S, Crux is circumpolar and thus always visible in the night sky. Crux is sometimes confused with the nearby False Cross by stargazers. Crux is somewhat kite-shaped (a Latin cross), and it has a fifth star (ε Crucis). The False Cross is diamond-shaped (a Greek cross), somewhat dimmer on average, does not"
"Grus (constellation) Grus (, or colloquially ) is a constellation in the southern sky. Its name is Latin for the crane, a type of bird. It is one of twelve constellations conceived by Petrus Plancius from the observations of Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser and Frederick de Houtman. Grus first appeared on a celestial globe published in 1598 in Amsterdam by Plancius and Jodocus Hondius and was depicted in Johann Bayer's star atlas ""Uranometria"" of 1603. French explorer and astronomer Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille gave Bayer designations to its stars in 1756, some of which had been previously considered part of the neighbouring"
"true cross Crux, although the False Cross has always been a worse deceiver than the Diamond Cross, because most of its stars have approximately the same declinations as the stars of Crux. Diamond Cross The Diamond Cross is an asterism in the southern constellation Carina. The Diamond Cross is composed of four bright stars: Beta, Theta, Upsilon and Omega Carinae. These four bright stars create an almost perfect diamond shape, hence the name ""Diamond Cross"". The entire asterism is visible to all observers south of 20°N latitude. It bears a striking resemblance to Crux (The Southern Cross) and the False"
"have a fifth star and lacks the two prominent nearby ""Pointer Stars"". Crux is easily visible from the southern hemisphere at practically any time of year. It is also visible near the horizon from tropical latitudes of the northern hemisphere for a few hours every night during the northern winter and spring. For instance, it is visible from Cancun or any other place at latitude 25° N or less at around 10 pm at the end of April. There are 5 main stars. Due to precession, Crux will move closer to the South Pole in the next millennia, up to"
"prominent dark patch in the southern Milky Way. It is large, five degrees by seven degrees, and is 600 light-years from Earth. Not all of the nebula is in the borders of Crux; some of it is technically in Musca and Centaurus. The open cluster NGC 4755, better known as the Jewel Box or Crucis Cluster, has an overall magnitude of 4.2—to the naked eye it appears to be a fuzzy star—and is about 6400 light-years from Earth. The cluster was given its name by John Herschel. About seven million years old, an age that makes it one of the"
"few bright stars of importance lie between Crux and the pole itself, although the constellation Musca is fairly easily recognised immediately beneath Crux. A technique used in the field is to clench one's right fist and to view the cross, aligning the first knuckle with the axis of the cross. The tip of the thumb will indicate south. Argentine gauchos are well known for using it for night orientation in the vast Pampas and Patagonic regions. Within the constellation's borders, there are 49 stars brighter than or equal to apparent magnitude 6.5. The four main stars that form the asterism"
"DS Crucis DS Crucis (HR 4876, HD 111613) is a variable star near the open cluster NGC 4755, which is also known as the Kappa Crucis Cluster or Jewel Box Cluster. It is in the constellation Crux. DS Crucis is one of the brightest star in the region of the NGC 4775 open cluster, better known as the Jewel Box Cluster, but its membership of the cluster is in doubt. The cluster is part of the larger Centaurus OB1 association and lies about 8,500 light years away. DS Crucis and NGC 4755 lie just to the south-east of β Crucis,"
"CD Crucis CD Crucis, also known as HD 311884, is an eclipsing binary star system in the constellation Crux. It is around 14,000 light years away near the faint open cluster Hogg 15. The binary contains a Wolf-Rayet star and is also known as WR 47. CD Cru is composed of two massive and highly luminous stars aligned so that they eclipse each other as they orbit every 6 days and 6 hours. One is a hot blue O-type main sequence star of spectral type O5V that is 57 times as massive as the Sun, while the other is an"
"BU Crucis BU Crucis (HD 111934) is a variable star in the open cluster NGC 4755, which is also known as the Kappa Crucis Cluster or Jewel Box Cluster. BU Cru is one of the brightest members of the NGC 4775 open cluster, better known as the Jewel Box Cluster. It forms the right end of the bar of the prominent letter ""A"" asterism at the centre of the cluster. The cluster is part of the larger Centaurus OB1 association and lies about 8,500 light years away. The cluster, and BU Crucis itself, is just to the south-east of β"
"Crucis; alternatively designated α Crucis A and α Crucis B. Both are B-type stars, and are many times more massive and luminous than the Sun. α Crucis is itself a spectroscopic binary with components designated α Crucis Aa (also named Acrux) and α Crucis Ab. Its two component stars orbit every 76 days at a separation of about 1 astronomical unit (au). ""α Crucis"" (Latinised to ""Alpha Crucis"") is the system's Bayer designation; ""α"" and ""α Crucis"", those of its two constituents. The designations of these two constituents as ""α Crucis A"" and ""B"" and those of ""A's"" components -"
"the star's Bayer designation. The traditional name ""Pollux"" refers specifically to the twins Castor and Pollux in Greek and Roman mythology. In 2016, the International Astronomical Union organized a Working Group on Star Names (WGSN) to catalog and standardize proper names for stars. The WGSN's first bulletin of July 2016 included a table of the first two batches of names approved by the WGSN; which included ""Pollux"" for this star. Castor and Pollux are the two ""heavenly twin"" stars giving the constellation Gemini (Latin, 'the twins') its name. The stars, however, are quite different in detail. Castor is a complex"
"of the constellation is Praesepe (Messier 44), one of the closest open clusters to Earth and a popular target for amateur astronomers. Cancer is a medium-sized constellation that is bordered by Gemini to the west, Lynx to the north, Leo Minor to the northeast, Leo to the east, Hydra to the south, and Canis Minor to the southwest. The three-letter abbreviation for the constellation, as adopted by the International Astronomical Union in 1922, is 'Cnc'. The official constellation boundaries, as set by Eugène Delporte in 1930, are defined by a polygon of 10 sides (""illustrated in infobox""). In the equatorial"
"dominant stars, descending in clockwise order by magnitude: Beta, Gamma (one of the closest red giants to Earth), Delta and Epsilon Crucis. Many of these brighter stars are members of the Scorpius–Centaurus Association, a large but loose group of hot blue-white stars that appear to share common origins and motion across the southern Milky Way. The constellation contains four Cepheid variables that are each visible to the naked eye under optimum conditions. Crux also contains the bright and colourful open cluster known as the Jewel Box (NGC 4755) and, to the southwest, partly includes the extensive dark nebula, known as"
"678 days. At the time of discovery, star NGC 4349 No. 127 was the heaviest star with an accurate mass determination around which a substellar companion had been detected, and also one of the youngest systems known. NGC 4349 NGC 4349 is an open cluster in the constellation Crux. It was discovered by James Dunlop in 1826. It is located approximately 7,000 light years away from Earth. There are 390 probable member stars within the angular radius of the cluster and 129 within the central part of the cluster. The tidal radius of the cluster is 17.8 - 22.8 parsecs"
"Theta1 Crucis Theta Crucis (θ Cru, Theta Crucis) is a spectroscopic binary star system in the southern constellation of Crux. It is visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of 4.30. The distance to this star, as determined using parallax measurements, is around 235 light years. The pair orbit each other closely with a period of 24.5 days and an eccentricity of 0.61. The primary component is an Am star, which is a chemically peculiar A-type star that shows anomalous variations in absorption lines of certain elements. It has a stellar classification of A3(m)A8-A8. With a mass"