- Stars with a name
- Imai
Imai
δ Crucis
Imai is a very hot blue star, in the constellation Crux. The light you see from it tonight left it around 1681.
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 2.79.
What it’s like
It gives off 747 times as much light as the Sun.
Its surface temperature is about 13,100 degrees Celsius.
It is 345.1 light years away: 3265 trillion kilometres.