The centre of NGC 4755, with DU Cru at top right Credit: NASA/ESA and Jesús Maíz Apellániz (Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía, Spain)
Observation data Epoch J2000 Equinox J2000
Constellation
Crux
Right ascension
12h 53m 41.33485s[1]
Declination
−60° 20′ 57.9647″[1]
Apparent magnitude (V)
7.45[2]
Characteristics
Spectral type
M2- Iab[3]
U−B color index
+2.57[2]
B−V color index
+2.22[2]
Variable type
Lc[4]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)
−21.24[5] km/s
Proper motion (μ)
RA: −4.703[6] mas/yr Dec.: −1.162[6] mas/yr
Parallax (π)
0.5075 ± 0.0516 mas[6]
Distance
2,600[7][8] pc
Absolute magnitude (MV)
−5.52[9]
Details[10]
Radius
664 R☉
Luminosity
69,600 L☉
Temperature
3,467[9] K
Other designations
DU Cru, CD−59°4459, HIP 62918, SAO 252073, 2MASS J12534132-6020578, IRAS 12506-6004
Database references
SIMBAD
data
DU Crucis is a red supergiant and slow irregular variable star in the open cluster NGC 4755, which is also known as the Kappa (κ) Crucis Cluster or Jewel Box Cluster.
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