553 B
553 B
| name | constellation | created_by | created_date | updated_by | updated_date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alnair (α Gruis) | Gru | editor.cs | 2023-11-05 16:36:31.064390 | editor.cs | 2023-11-05 16:36:31.064393 |
The brightest star in the constellation with a visual magnitude of 1.7. Its name means "bright star". It is a blue-white main sequence star 70 times more luminous than the Sun, located 60 light-years away. Among the trio of the brightest stars in the constellation, it is the closest to us. At an angular distance of 28.4", there is a faint companion with a magnitude of 11.8.