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454 B
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9 lines
454 B
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name: Gacrux (γ Cru)
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constellation: Cru
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created_by: editor.cs
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created_date: 2022-01-21 17:00:00
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updated_by: skybber
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updated_date: 2022-01-26 20:40:25.962120
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red giant (1.6mag), which contrasts nicely with the three other hot blue-white stars of the cross. In fact, it is an optical binary, a companion of 6.5mag brightness found in the trinary at a distance of 2'. The red giant is 88 light years away, the companion is three times farther away. |