Template:Short description
Mu Crucis
Observation data
Epoch J2000 Equinox
|
| Constellation
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Crux
|
| μ1 Crucis
|
| Right ascension
|
Template:RA[1]
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| Declination
|
Template:DEC[1]
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| Apparent magnitude (V)
|
4.03[2]
|
| μ2 Crucis
|
| Right ascension
|
Template:RA[1]
|
| Declination
|
Template:DEC[1]
|
| Apparent magnitude (V)
|
5.19[2]
|
| Characteristics
|
| μ1 Cru
|
| Spectral type
|
B2IV-V[3]
|
| U−B Template:Engvar
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−0.75[2]
|
| B−V Template:Engvar
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−0.17[2]
|
| μ2 Cru
|
| Spectral type
|
B5Vne[4]
|
| U−B Template:Engvar
|
−0.50[2]
|
| B−V Template:Engvar
|
−0.11[2]
|
| Astrometry |
|---|
| μ1 Cru |
|---|
| Radial velocity (Rv) | +13.9[5] km/s |
| Proper motion (μ) | RA: −30.45[1] mas/yr
Dec.: −13.55[1] mas/yr |
| Parallax (π) | 9.6267±0.3611 mas[6] |
| Distance | Template:Rnd ± Template:Rnd ly
(Template:Rnd ± Template:Rnd pc) |
| Absolute magnitude (MV) | −1.49[7] |
| μ2 Cru |
|---|
| Radial velocity (Rv) | +13[5] km/s |
| Proper motion (μ) | RA: −32.35[1] mas/yr
Dec.: −10.93[1] mas/yr |
| Parallax (π) | 8.9486±0.2264 mas[8] |
| Distance | Template:Rnd ± Template:Rnd ly
(Template:Rnd ± Template:Rnd pc) |
| Absolute magnitude (MV) | −0.40[7] |
| Details |
|---|
| μ1 Cru |
|---|
| Mass | 7.7[9] Template:Solar mass |
| Luminosity | 1,123[7] Template:Solar luminosity |
| Surface gravity (log g) | 3.93[10] cgs |
| Temperature | 21,100[10] K |
| Metallicity [Fe/H] | −0.21[7] dex |
| Age | 9.2[9] Myr |
| μ2 Cru |
|---|
| Mass | 5.0[9] Template:Solar mass |
| Radius | 3.9[11] Template:Solar radius |
| Luminosity | 205[7] Template:Solar luminosity |
| Surface gravity (log g) | 3.40[12] cgs |
| Temperature | 20,400[11] K |
| Metallicity [Fe/H] | {{{metal_fe2}}} dex |
| Rotational velocity (v sin i) | 210[12] km/s |
| Age | 15.9[9] Myr |
| Other designations |
|---|
| μ Cru, WD 12546-5711, CCDM 12546-5711[13][14] |
| μ1 Cru: HR 4898, CD−56°4688, HD 112092, SAO 240366, HIP 63003 |
| μ2 Cru: HR 4899, CD−56°4689, HD 112091, SAO 240367, HIP 63005 |
| Database references |
|---|
| SIMBAD | μ Cru |
| μ1 Cru |
| μ2 Cru |
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Mu Crucis, Latinized from μ Crucis, is the seventh-brightest star in the constellation Crux commonly known as the Southern Cross. μ Crucis is a wide double star of spectral class B stars, magnitude 4.0 and 5.2 respectively. They lie about 370 light-years away, and both stars are likely physically attached. The brighter component is known as μ1 Crucis or μ Crucis A, while the fainter is μ2 Crucis or μ Crucis B.
μ1 Crucis is the brighter of the two stars with an apparent magnitude of 4.0. It is a hot massive main sequence or subgiant star, over a thousand times as luminous as the sun.
μ2 Crucis is the fainter of the pair. Its apparent magnitude is 5.2 and it is a Be star, a star spinning so quickly that it has ejected a disc of material that creates emission lines in its spectrum. The disc is inclined at 36° to our line of sight.[11]
References
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