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9 lines
553 B
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name: Alnair (α Gruis)
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constellation: Gru
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created_by: editor.cs
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created_date: 2023-11-05 16:36:31.064390
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updated_by: editor.cs
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updated_date: 2023-11-05 16:36:31.064393
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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. |