Becrux
Becrux (β Cru / β Crucis / Beta Crucis) is the second brightest star in the constellation Crux and one of the one of the brightest stars in the nighttime sky.
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Beta - Constellation - Crux - One of the brightest stars
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Since Beta Crucis is at roughly −60° declination, it is only visible south of the Tropic of Cancer and therefore didn't receive an ancient traditional name; "Becrux" is simply a combination of the "Be" in Beta plus Crux. Sometimes it is also called Mimosa.
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Declination - Tropic of Cancer
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Beta Crucis is located approximately 353 light years from Earth's Solar System.
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Light year - Earth - Solar System
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- Apparent Visual Brightness (Sirius A = 1): 0.084
- Spectral type: B0.5 III
- Radial velocity: 20 km/s
- Proper Motion: 0.05 arcsecs/year
- Apparent Visual Magnitude: 1.25
- Absolute Visual Magnitude: -3.92
- Luminosity: 34,000 Solar Luminosities
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