Its story
Eta Cru has a visual magnitude of about 4.06: under a reasonably dark sky it is typically reachable with the unaided eye.
Equatorial coordinates for Eta Cru: right ascension 12h 6m 53s, declination −64° 36′ 50″ (J2000), in the region of the Musca constellation (IAU figure Mus).
Eta Cru. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 59072, HD 105211, Gaia DR3 6053245135154609280. In the SkyKeepsake Musca (Mus) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
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Compose this starFactsHIP 59072
- Right ascension
- 12h 06m 53s
- Declination
- −64° 36′ 50″
- Magnitude
- 4.06
- Distance
- ≈ 64.2 ly
Data: gaia-dr3