Grus (abbr. Gru, gen. 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.
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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