HR 4763

E607257

HR 4763 is the Bright Star Catalogue (Harvard Revised) designation for Gamma Crucis, a prominent red giant star in the constellation Crux.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
HR 4763 canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Bright Star Catalogue object
red giant star
star
alsoKnownAs Gacrux
linked to: Gamma Crucis

Gamma Crucis
γ Crucis
linked to: Gamma Crucis
hasApparentMagnitudeV 1.6
1.63
hasBayerDesignation Gamma Crucis
hasBDDesignation CPD−56 5698
hasCatalogDesignation Bright Star Catalogue 4763
HR 4763
hasColor red
hasColorIndexBminusV about +1.52
hasColorIndexUminusB about +1.87
hasConstellation Crux
hasConstellationAbbreviation Cru
hasDeclination −57°06′47″
hasDistance about 27 parsecs
about 88 light-years
hasEffectiveTemperature about 3600 K
hasEquinox J2000.0
hasFlamsteedDesignation γ Crucis
linked to: Gamma Crucis
hasGalacticLatitude +1.78°
hasGalacticLongitude 300.13°
hasHenryDraperDesignation HD 108903
hasHipparcosDesignation HIP 61173
hasLuminosity about 1500 times solar luminosity
hasMass about 1.5 solar masses
hasMetallicity near-solar
hasParallax 37.16 mas
hasProperMotionDec −16 mas/yr
hasProperMotionRA −155 mas/yr
hasRadialVelocity about +20 km/s
hasRadius about 84 solar radii
hasRightAscension 12h31m09s
hasSAODesignation SAO 240019
hasSpectralType M3.5III
hasSurfaceGravityLogg about 1.0
hasVariableStarType suspected variable
isBrightestStarOf Crux
isEvolvedStar true
isNakedEyeVisible true
isPartOfAsterism Southern Cross
isPrimaryComponentOf Gamma Crucis system
linked to: Gamma Crucis
isSouthernHemisphereObject true

How these facts were elicited

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