HIP 61084

E612505

HIP 61084 is the Hipparcos catalog designation for Epsilon Crucis, a bright giant star in the Southern Cross constellation.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
HIP 61084 canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (42)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Hipparcos catalog star
star
absoluteMagnitudeV −0.6
alsoKnownAs CD−60 4313
Epsilon Crucis
HD 109379
HR 4787
SAO 251497
ε Crucis
linked to: Epsilon Crucis
apparentMagnitudeV 3.58
bayerDesignation Epsilon Crucis
catalog Bright Star Catalogue
Henry Draper Catalogue
Hipparcos
linked to: Hipparcos satellite
colorIndexB−V +1.39
colorIndexU−B +1.54
constellation Crux
declination −60° 24′ 05″
distance about 320 light-years
about 98 parsecs
effectiveTemperature about 4,200 K
equatorialCoordinateSystem ICRS
evolutionaryStage red giant branch
galacticLatitude about +3°
galacticLongitude about 302°
galacticPopulation thin disk
hasColor orange
isBrightGiantIn Crux constellation
isComponentOf Southern Cross asterism
linked to: Crux constellation
isPartOf Milky Way
luminosity about 420 times solar luminosity
metallicityFeH approximately solar
parallax 10.17 mas
parallaxError 0.16 mas
properMotionDec −8.71 mas/yr
properMotionRA −33.40 mas/yr
radialVelocity +17 km/s
radius about 30 times solar radius
rightAscension 12h 21m 21s
spectralType K3III
visibleFrom Southern Hemisphere
low northern latitudes

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