HR 4656

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HR 4656 is a bright blue-white giant star in the Southern Cross constellation, known more commonly as Delta Crucis.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf B-type giant star
star
age_Myr about 16
alsoKnownAs Delta Cru NERFINISHED
Delta Crucis NERFINISHED
HD 111123 NERFINISHED
HIP 62434 NERFINISHED
δ Crucis NERFINISHED
apparentMagnitudeV 2.79
bayerDesignation Delta Crucis NERFINISHED
color blue-white
constellation Crux NERFINISHED
declination −58° 44′ (approx, J2000)
distanceFromEarth_ly approximately 345
distanceFromEarth_pc approximately 106
dominantFusionProcess hydrogen fusion in core or shell
effectiveTemperature_K about 22,000
epoch J2000
evolutionaryStage subgiant or giant leaving main sequence
flamsteedDesignation 9 Crucis NERFINISHED
galacticLatitude low galactic latitude
galacticPopulation thin disk
hasColorIndexBminusV about −0.22
HDNumber 111123
hemisphereVisibility southern hemisphere
HIPNumber 62434
HRNumber 4656
isPartOf Milky Way Galaxy NERFINISHED
luminosity_solar about 10,000
mass_solar about 8
parallax_mas about 9.4
partOf Southern Cross asterism NERFINISHED
radius_solar about 8
rankByBrightnessInCrux third-brightest star in Crux
rightAscension 12h 15m (approx, J2000)
rotationalVelocity_km_s about 210
spectralType B2IV
variableType Beta Cephei-type candidate
visibleToNakedEye true

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Delta Crucis otherName HR 4656