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HIP 60379 — Star in Crux

Magnitude 5.4m Star Crux (Cru) Visible
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1Physical Properties

Magnitude 5.39
Spectral Type B9V
Star Color Blue-white (B-V -0.10)

2Position & Identifiers

RA 12h 22m 49.3s
Dec -57° 40' 34.0"
Constellation Crux (Cru)
HR 4706
HIP 60379
HD 107696
SAO 239901
Variable ID Var?
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3How easy to spot?

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Equipment Bortle 3 Bortle 4 Bortle 5
Naked eye Medium Hard+ Hard
50mm finder Easy Easy Easy
150mm scope Easy Easy Easy
Easy Medium Hard Very hard Impossible

Bortle 3 = rural · 4 = outer suburbs · 5 = suburbs

4Visibility

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Best season Feb – Apr (peak: Mar)

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14Stellar Notes

Sco-Cen assoc.

Nearby in the Sky

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Visibility scores assume a 150 mm Newton at Bortle 4.

NGC 4337
Easy
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 8.9 0.5° Crux
Gacrux
HIP 61084; Gamma Crucis
Easy
Cool red giant
Star mag 1.63 1.3° Crux
Imai
HIP 59747; Delta Crucis
Easy
Hot blue O-type star
Star mag 2.80 1.5° Crux
S Cru
Medium
Pulsating variable, period 4.7d
Variable Star mag 6.58 4.2° Crux
Mu Cru
Mu Cru (BS4898)
Easy
Easy double, sep 34.5″
Double Star mag 4.03 4.3° Crux
Blue planetary
NGC 3918
Medium+
Small bright planetary nebula
Planetary Nebula mag 8.0 4.4° Centaurus
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