THE 10 MOST BRIGHTEST STARS
A.R. DECL. MAG. LIGHT YEARS Beta 12h 47m 43.32s -59° 41' 19.4 1.25 352 Becrux, Mimosa; 20° brightest star of the sky; variable Beta Cephei, Vmax = +1.23m, Vmin = +1.31m, P = 0.2365072 d Alfa 1 12h 26m 35.94s -63° 05' 56.6 1.4 321 Acrux; 23° brightest star of the sky; multiple star, binary spettroscopic star Gamma 12h 31m 09.93s -57° 06' 45.2 1.59 88 Gacrux; triple star; varying suspicious star Alfa 2 12h 26m 36.50s -63° 05' 58.0 2.09 321 component of the system alfa Cru Delta 12h 15m 08.76s -58° 44' 56.0 2.79 364 Decrux, Delcrux; variable Beta Cephei; Vmax = +2.78m, Vmin = +2.84m, P = 0.151038 d Epsilon 12h 21m 21.81s -60° 24' 04.9 3.59 228 Juxta, Juxta Crucem; varying suspicious star Mu 12h 54m 35.66s -57° 10' 40.4 4.03 377 double star Zeta 12h 18m 26.29s -64° 00' 11.0 4.06 361 double star Eta 12h 06m 52.85s -64° 36' 49.1 4.14 64 double star Theta 12h 03m 01.70s -63° 18' 46.6 4.32 230 binary spettroscopic star
OBJECTS
Nebulosa Sacco di Carbone NGC 4756 Open cluster (detto Scatola di Gioielli)
BOUNDARIES
Centauro,Mosca