HR 4763

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

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Bright Star Catalogue object
red giant star
star
alsoKnownAs Gacrux NERFINISHED
Gamma Crucis NERFINISHED
γ Crucis NERFINISHED
hasApparentMagnitudeV 1.6
1.63
hasBayerDesignation Gamma Crucis NERFINISHED
hasBDDesignation CPD−56 5698 NERFINISHED
hasCatalogDesignation Bright Star Catalogue 4763 NERFINISHED
HR 4763 NERFINISHED
hasColor red
hasColorIndexBminusV about +1.52
hasColorIndexUminusB about +1.87
hasConstellation Crux NERFINISHED
hasConstellationAbbreviation Cru
hasDeclination −57°06′47″
hasDistance about 27 parsecs
about 88 light-years
hasEffectiveTemperature about 3600 K
hasEquinox J2000.0
hasFlamsteedDesignation γ Crucis NERFINISHED
hasGalacticLatitude +1.78°
hasGalacticLongitude 300.13°
hasHenryDraperDesignation HD 108903 NERFINISHED
hasHipparcosDesignation HIP 61173 NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
hasSpectralType M3.5III
hasSurfaceGravityLogg about 1.0
hasVariableStarType suspected variable
isBrightestStarOf Crux NERFINISHED
isEvolvedStar true
isNakedEyeVisible true
isPartOfAsterism Southern Cross NERFINISHED
isPrimaryComponentOf Gamma Crucis system NERFINISHED
isSouthernHemisphereObject true

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Gamma Crucis HRDesignation HR 4763