Tiaki — Estrella en Grulla

Beta Gruis is a gigante roja of tipo espectral M5III at magnitude 2.1, located a unos 170 años luz de la Tierra. It is one of the reddest bright stars in the sky, with a B-V color index of 1.60. With a temperatura superficial of only about 3,500 K, it is a cool, evolved star in the later stages of stellar life, having expanded to roughly 180 times el Sol's diameter.

Located in the southern constellation Grus (the Crane), Beta Gru is visible from the hemisferio sur and from latitudes boreales south of about 35°N. Its deep orange-red color is obvious to the simple vista and stunning in prismaticos. It lies about 5° south of the brighter Alpha Gru (Alnair). Mejor observación from September through November when Grus is highest in the southern cielo nocturno.

Grus was one of the twelve constellations created by Petrus Plancius from the observations of the Dutch navigators Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser and Frederick de Houtman in the late 16th century. Beta Gru has no traditional proper name, as the constellation was unknown to classical astronomers. The entire southern constellation group represents fauna encountered during early Dutch trading voyages to the East Indies.