Star
Acrux
Acrux is a blue-white star 322 light-years away, seen as it was 322 years ago, shining 4 176 times as bright as the Sun.
The brightest star of the Southern Cross, which flies on the flags of Australia, New Zealand, Samoa, Papua New Guinea and Brazil.
See it live
It is on the live 3D map, where it really is.
Key facts
- Distance
- 322 light-years
- Brightness from Earth
- magnitude 0.77
- Spectral type
- B0.5IV
- Catalogue
- HIP 60718
See it from here
Bright enough to see with your own eyes from a dark place.
How the map draws it
Drawn as a point of light, sized by how bright it looks from where you are — the kind of thing, not this exact one.