✦
SkyKeepsake

Gift a piece of the night sky.

LanguageEnglishItalian
Stars already dedicated 1Ready to dedicate 7000108Browse the journey
Map options3/5
3D

Loading

  • WASM engine
  • Stars
  • Constellations
  • Nebulae
  • Rendering
Zoom 0%

Center on Sun / planet · the wheel zooms where you point

Pinch to zoom · drag to look around · tap a star to dedicate it

Close
Catalog/Crux/Kap Cru

Kap Cru

Available
Kap Cru · Crux
See on the map ↗

Its story

Kap Cru has a visual magnitude of about 5.88: under a reasonably dark sky it is typically reachable with the unaided eye.

Equatorial coordinates for Kap Cru: right ascension 12h 53m 49s, declination −60° 22′ 34″ (J2000), in the region of the Crux constellation (IAU figure Cru).

Kap Cru. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 62931, HD 111973, Gaia DR3 6056404410020246400. In the SkyKeepsake Crux (Cru) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.

This star is freePersonalise it and dedicate it. Claiming it is free; a donation is optional.
Compose this star
FactsHIP 62931
Right ascension
12h 53m 49s
Declination
−60° 22′ 34″
Magnitude
5.88
Distance
≈ 6,445 ly
Data: gaia-dr3