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- Ginan
Ginan
ε Crucis
Ginan is an orange star, in the constellation Crux. The light you see from it tonight left it around 1796.
Where to find it
From mid-northern latitudes, such as New York, Rome or Tokyo, it never rises: it belongs to the southern sky.
Visible to the naked eye away from the brightest lights. Apparent magnitude 3.59.
What it’s like
It gives off 158 times as much light as the Sun.
Its surface is at about 4,000 degrees.
It is 229.9 light years away: 2175 trillion kilometres.