- Stars with a name
- Acrux
Acrux
α¹ Crucis
Acrux is a very hot blue star, in the constellation Crux. The light you see from it tonight left it around 1704.
Where to find it
From mid-northern latitudes, such as New York, Rome or Tokyo, it never rises: it belongs to the southern sky.
Bright enough to see even from a city. Apparent magnitude 0.77.
What it’s like
It gives off 4,176 times as much light as the Sun.
Its surface temperature is about 14,400 degrees Celsius.
It is 322.0 light years away: 3046 trillion kilometres.