--- name: β Cru constellation: Cru created_by: editor.cs created_date: 2023-11-05 15:16:40.421912 updated_by: editor.cs updated_date: 2023-11-05 15:16:40.421915 --- The pale blue star is located 350 light-years away. With its brightness of 1.3 magnitude, it ranks among the twenty brightest stars in the sky. Its size changes five times a day due to pulsation, but its magnitude changes by less than a tenth, which is not enough for us to perceive with the naked eye.