- 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 is at about 14,700 degrees.
It is 322.0 light years away: 3046 trillion kilometres.