HD 106490

E599095

HD 106490 is a bright blue-white giant star in the constellation Crux, commonly known as Delta Crucis and forming part of the Southern Cross asterism.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Gamma Cassiopeiae variable
star
absoluteMagnitudeV −2.5
age about 16 million years
alsoKnownAs CD−59 4319 NERFINISHED
CPD−59 4470 NERFINISHED
Delta Crucis NERFINISHED
HIP 59747 NERFINISHED
HR 4656
δ Crucis NERFINISHED
apparentMagnitudeV 2.79
asterism Southern Cross NERFINISHED
bayerDesignation Delta Crucis NERFINISHED
catalog Bright Star Catalogue NERFINISHED
Henry Draper Catalogue NERFINISHED
Hipparcos Catalogue NERFINISHED
color blue-white
constellation Crux NERFINISHED
declination −58° 44′ 56″
distance about 110 parsecs
about 350 light-years
effectiveTemperature about 22,000 K
epoch J2000.0
flamsteedDesignation not applicable
formsAsterismWith Alpha Crucis NERFINISHED
Beta Crucis NERFINISHED
Epsilon Crucis NERFINISHED
Gamma Crucis NERFINISHED
galacticLatitude −1.96°
galacticLongitude 300.13°
galacticPopulation thin disk
hasProperMotionDec −12 mas/yr
hasProperMotionRA −36 mas/yr
isBrightStar true
isNakedEyeVisible true
luminosity about 10,000 times solar luminosity
mass about 8 solar masses
parallax 9.25 mas
partOf Southern Cross NERFINISHED
radius about 8 solar radii
rightAscension 12h 15m 08.7s
rotationalVelocity about 210 km/s
spectralType B2 IV
variableType Gamma Cassiopeiae-type

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Delta Crucis otherName HD 106490