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name: Acrux (α Cru)
constellation: Cru
created_by: editor.cs
created_date: 2022-01-21 17:00:00
updated_by: skybber
updated_date: 2022-01-26 20:39:40.301461
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the constellation's brightest star at 1.1mag and the 13th brightest star in the sky. In binoculars it can be resolved into two brilliant blue-white components 4.4" apart. They have a brightness of 0.8mag and 2.1mag, and a 60mm telescope is sufficient to separate them. The system lies at a distance of 370 light years. A third unrelated 5mag component is found 90" away.