Mimosa

E207248
B-type star Beta Cephei variable blue giant star spectroscopic binary star star

Mimosa, also known as Beta Crucis, is a bright blue giant star and one of the principal stars forming the Southern Cross constellation.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Mimosa canonical 7
Mimosa B 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf B-type star ⓘ
Beta Cephei variable ⓘ
blue giant star ⓘ
spectroscopic binary star ⓘ
star ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Beta Crucis ⓘ
Beta Crucis ⓘ
surface form: β Cru

Beta Crucis ⓘ
surface form: β Crucis
belongsToAssociation Lower Centaurus–Crux ⓘ
surface form: Lower Centaurus–Crux subgroup

Scorpius–Centaurus OB association ⓘ
formsAsterismWith Alpha Crucis ⓘ
surface form: Acrux

Delta Crucis ⓘ
Epsilon Crucis ⓘ
Gamma Crucis ⓘ
surface form: Gacrux
hasAge_Myr about 8 ⓘ
hasApparentMagnitudeV 1.25 ⓘ
hasBayerDesignation Beta Crucis ⓘ
hasColor blue ⓘ
hasCompanionStar Mimosa self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Mimosa B
hasConstellation Crux ⓘ
hasDeclination −59°41′19″ ⓘ
hasDistanceFromEarth_ly about 280 ⓘ
hasDistanceFromEarth_pc about 86 ⓘ
hasEffectiveTemperature_K about 27,000 ⓘ
hasEquinox J2000 ⓘ
hasFlamsteedDesignation 3 Crucis ⓘ
hasHenryDraperNumber HD 111123 ⓘ
hasHipparcosNumber HIP 62434 ⓘ
hasLuminosity_solar about 34,000 ⓘ
hasMass_solar about 16 ⓘ
hasOrbitalPeriod_days about 5 ⓘ
hasParallax_mas about 11.7 ⓘ
hasProperMotionDec_mas_per_yr about −11 ⓘ
hasProperMotionRA_mas_per_yr about −36 ⓘ
hasRadialVelocity_km_per_s about +15 ⓘ
hasRadialVelocityVariations true ⓘ
hasRadius_solar about 8 ⓘ
hasRightAscension 12h47m43s ⓘ
hasSpectralType B0.5III ⓘ
hasTraditionalNameOrigin Latinized form of Portuguese "mimosa" meaning "cuddly" or "tender" ⓘ
hasVariabilityAmplitude_mag about 0.02 ⓘ
hasVariabilityType Beta Cephei ⓘ
isAmongBrightestStarsInSky true ⓘ
isCataloguedIn Henry Draper Catalogue ⓘ
Hipparcos Catalogue ⓘ
isNavigationStar true ⓘ
isPrincipalStarOf Crux ⓘ
Southern Cross ⓘ
isVariableStar true ⓘ
isVisibleFromHemisphere Southern Hemisphere ⓘ
low-latitude Northern Hemisphere ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

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

Southern Cross → hasMainStar → Mimosa ⓘ
Southern Cross → hasSecondBrightestStar → Mimosa ⓘ
Southern Cross constellation → hasMainStar → Mimosa ⓘ
subject surface form: Southern Cross
Southern Cross constellation → hasSecondBrightestStar → Mimosa ⓘ
subject surface form: Southern Cross
Beta Crucis → hasAlternativeName → Mimosa ⓘ
Crux → containsBrightStar → Mimosa ⓘ
Crux Australis → containsStar → Mimosa ⓘ
Mimosa → hasCompanionStar → Mimosa self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mimosa B