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Grus (abbreviation: Gru, genitive: Gruis)
The Crane. Grus is a small southern constellation. It lies south of Pisces Austrinus between R.A. 21h 30m and 23h 25m and Dec. -36° and -56°. See below for details of the constellation's brightest stars.
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| Grus. © 2003 Torsten Bronger.
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| Stars brighter than magnitude 4.0 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Star | Visual mag. |
Abs. mag. |
Spectral type |
Distance (lt-yr) |
R.A. (h m s) | Dec. ( ° ' '' ) |
| Alpha (Alnair) | 1.73 | -0.74 | B7IV | 101 | 22 08 14 | -46 57 40 |
| Beta | 2.07v | -1.52 | M5III | 170 | 22 42 40 | -46 53 05 |
| Gamma (Al Dhanab) | 3.00 | -0.97 | B8III | 203 | 21 53 56 | -37 21 54 |
| Epsilon | 3.49 | 0.49 | A3V | 130 | 22 48 33 | -51 19 01 |
| Iota | 3.88 | 0.11 | K0III | 185 | 23 10 21 | -45 14 48 |
| Delta-1 | 3.97 | -0.87 | G6III | 296 | 22 29 16 | -43 29 45 |
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