HD 111123

E538671

HD 111123 is the stellar catalog designation for Beta Crucis, a bright blue giant star in the Southern Cross constellation.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
HD 111123 canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf blue giant star
star
alsoKnownAs Beta Crucis
Mimosa
β Crucis
linked to: Beta Crucis
binaryType spectroscopic binary
hasAge_Myr about 8
hasApparentMagnitudeV 1.25
hasBayerDesignation β Crucis
linked to: Beta Crucis
hasBDDesignation CPD−59°2854
hasCompanion HD 111123 B
linked to: HD 111123
hasConstellation Crux
hasCulturalSignificance important navigation star in Southern Hemisphere
hasDeclination −59° 41′ 19″
hasDistanceFromEarth_ly about 280
hasDistanceFromEarth_pc about 86
hasEffectiveTemperature_K about 27,000
hasEquatorialCoordinateSystem J2000
hasFlamsteedDesignation HD 111123
hasGalacticLatitude_deg about +0.77
hasGalacticLongitude_deg about 302.46
hasHenryDraperDesignation HD 111123
hasHIPDesignation HIP 62434
hasHRDesignation HR 4853
hasLuminosity_solar about 34,000
hasMass_solar about 16
hasMetallicity_Fe_H near solar
hasParallax_mas about 11.6
hasProperMotionDec_mas_per_yr about −13
hasProperMotionRA_mas_per_yr about −36
hasPulsationType Beta Cephei variable
linked to: Beta Cephei
hasRadialPulsations yes
hasRadialVelocity_km_per_s about +15
hasRadius_solar about 8
hasRightAscension 12h 47m 43s
hasRotationalVelocity_km_per_s about 35
hasSAODesignation SAO 251904
hasSpectralType B0.5III
hasSurfaceGravity_log_g about 3.7
hasVariableStarDesignation Beta Crucis type pulsating star
isBrightestRankInCrux second brightest star in Crux
isColor blue
isLocatedIn Carina–Sagittarius Arm
linked to: Sagittarius Arm

Milky Way
isNakedEyeVisible yes
isPartOf Southern Cross
Southern Cross asterism
linked to: Crux constellation

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mimosa hasHenryDraperNumber HD 111123