Beta Crucis


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Beta Crucis

Beta Crucis (bāˈtə) (kro͞oˈsĭs): see Mimosa, in astronomy.
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Beta Crucis

(kroo -sis) (Mimosa; Becrux; β Cru) A remote luminous blue-white giant that is the second-brightest star in the constellation Crux. It is a variable star (period 0.25 days) and may also be a double star. mv : 1.25 (var.); Mv : –4.7; spectral type: B0 III; distance: 150 pc.
Collins Dictionary of Astronomy © Market House Books Ltd, 2006
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Add the "South Circumpolar Six," now at their collective highest: Alpha and Beta Crucis, Alpha and Beta Centauri, Achernar, and Canopus (though Canopus isn't quite circumpolar at 35 [degrees] south latitude).
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From far enough south, the pairs Alpha and Beta Centauri and Alpha and Beta Crucis have just about the same separation as Castor and Pollux, and they're brighter.
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