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name: μ Cru
constellation: Cru
created_by: 8mag
created_date: 2022-01-21 17:00:00
updated_by: skybber
updated_date: 2022-01-26 20:40:54.497534
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a wide optical binary star that a small telescope or powerful binocular shows as two stars with brightnesses of 4.1 and 5.1 mag. The fainter star rotates rapidly around the primary star spewing jets of gas, causing occasional small changes in brightness.