List of stars in Grus - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

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Star

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s in the constellation

Constellation

In modern astronomy, a constellation is an internationally defined area of the celestial sphere. These areas are grouped around asterisms, patterns formed by prominent stars within apparent proximity to one another on Earth's night sky....

Grus
Grus (constellation)
Grus is a constellation in the southern sky. Its name is Latin for the crane, a species of bird. It was introduced in the late sixteenth century.-History:The stars that form Grus were originally considered part of Piscis Austrinus...

, sorted by decreasing brightness.

Name	B Bayer designation A Bayer designation is a stellar designation in which a specific star is identified by a Greek letter, followed by the genitive form of its parent constellation's Latin name...	G. Gould designation Gould designations for stars are similar to Flamsteed designations in the way that they number stars within a constellation in increasing order of right ascension. Each star is assigned an integer , followed by " G. " , and then the Latin genitive of the constellation it lies in...	HD Henry Draper Catalogue The Henry Draper Catalogue is an astronomical star catalogue published between 1918 and 1924, giving spectroscopic classifications for 225,300 stars; it was later expanded by the Henry Draper Extension , published between 1925 and 1936, which gave classifications for 46,850 more stars, and by the...	HIP	vis. mag. Apparent magnitude The apparent magnitude of a celestial body is a measure of its brightness as seen by an observer on Earth, adjusted to the value it would have in the absence of the atmosphere...	abs. mag. Absolute magnitude Absolute magnitude is the measure of a celestial object's intrinsic brightness. it is also the apparent magnitude a star would have if it were 32.6 light years away from Earth...	Dist. (ly)	Sp. class Stellar classification In astronomy, stellar classification is a classification of stars based on their spectral characteristics. The spectral class of a star is a designated class of a star describing the ionization of its chromosphere, what atomic excitations are most prominent in the light, giving an objective measure...	Notes
α Gru Alpha Gruis Alpha Gruis is the brightest star in the constellation Grus.Alpha Gruis has a proper name Alnair or Al Nair , came from the Arabic al-nayyir [an-nai:r], meaning "the bright one"...	α	28	209952	109268	1.73	−0.73	101	B7IV	Alnair (Al Nair, Al Na'ir)
β Gru Beta Gruis Beta Gruis is the second brighest star in the southern constellation of Grus. It was once considered the rear star in the tail of the constellation of the Fish: it, with α, δ, θ...	β	57	214952	112122	2.07	−1.52	170	M5III	Gruid
γ Gru Gamma Gruis Gamma Gruis is a 3rd-magnitude star in the constellation Grus. It is also known as Al Dhanab, "the Tail ". It once belonged to the Ptolemaic constellation Piscis Austrinus....	γ	18	207971	108085	3.00	−0.97	203	B8III	Al Dhanab, Ras Alkurki
ε Gru	ε	68	215789	112623	3.49	0.49	130	A3V
ι Gru	ι	90	218670	114421	3.88	0.11	185	K0III SB
δ¹ Gru	δ¹	42	213009	110997	3.97	−0.82	296	G6/G8III
ζ Gru	ζ	77	217364	113638	4.11	1.42	112	G8III
δ² Gru	δ²	43	213080	111043	4.12	−0.87	325	M4.5IIIa
θ Gru	θ	84	218227	114131	4.28	1.23	133	F5me...
λ Gru	λ	27	209688	109111	4.47	0.07	247	M0III
μ¹ Gru	μ¹	35	211088	109908	4.79	0.26	262	G8III+...
ρ Gru	ρ	59	215104	112203	4.84	0.68	222	K0III
η Gru	η	61	215369	112374	4.84	−0.57	394	K2IIICNIV
μ² Gru	μ²	36	211202	109973	5.11	0.78	240	G8III
ξ Gru	ξ	2	204783	106327	5.29	−0.06	383	K0III
		37	211415	110109	5.36	4.69	44	G1V
κ Gru	κ	83	217902	113957	5.37	−0.02	390	K5III
		69	216149	112832	5.43	−2.22	1105	K3III
		20	208321	108294	5.45	0.52	315	A3V
ν Gru	ν	41	212953	110936	5.47	0.94	262	G8III
		24	208737	108543	5.50	0.09	393	K1II/III
		62	215405	112381	5.52	−1.02	664	K3III
ο Gru	ο	107	220729	115713	5.53	3.01	104	F4V
φ Gru	φ	97	219693	115054	5.54	2.84	113	F5V
		3	204960	106429	5.57	−0.83	622	K0III
		13	207129	107649	5.57	4.60	51	G2V
π² Gru	π²	39	212132	110506	5.62	2.58	132	F3III-IV
υ Gru	υ	85	218242	114132	5.62	0.84	294	A0V
		78	217403	113657	5.68	−0.16	481	K3III
τ³ Gru	τ³	75	216823	113307	5.72	1.11	272	Am...
		106	220440	115537	5.75	−0.39	552	M0III
		92	219263	114775	5.77	1.49	234	K2III
		82	217842	113902	5.79	0.97	301	K0III
		87	218269	114167	5.81	2.81	130	F6.5IV-V+..
		88	218630	114382	5.83	3.13	113	F4IV
σ² Gru	σ²	51	214150	111643	5.85	1.71	219	A1V
DL Gru		89	218655	114407	5.90	−1.05	799	M4III
		94	219507	114921	5.92	1.19	288	K1III
		56	214953	112117	5.99	4.13	77	G0
τ¹ Gru Tau1 Gruis Tau¹ Gruis , also cataloged as HD 216435 and HR 8700, is a yellow dwarf star approximately 109 light-years away in the constellation of Grus . The star is visible to the naked eye for some people, placing it in the Bright Star Catalogue...	τ¹	70	216435	113044	6.03	3.42	109	G3IV	has a planet Extrasolar planet An extrasolar planet, or exoplanet, is a planet outside the Solar System. A total of such planets have been identified as of . It is now known that a substantial fraction of stars have planets, including perhaps half of all Sun-like stars...
		101	220003	115272	6.04	1.26	294	Fm...
		58	214987	112127	6.06	1.10	320	K1IV
		34	211053	109902	6.10	−0.16	583	G8/K0III
		105	220401	115496	6.12	−1.55	1116	K3III
DQ Gru		104	220392	115510	6.13	0.29	480	A4III	δ Scuti variable Delta Scuti variable A Delta Scuti variable is a variable star which exhibits variations in its luminosity due to both radial and non-radial pulsations of the star's surface. Typical brightness fluctuations are from 0.003 to 0.9 magnitudes in V over a period of a few hours, although the amplitude and period of the...
BZ Gru		21	208435	108347	6.18	0.53	440	F2/F3V	δ Scuti variable
		32	210918	109821	6.23	4.51	72	G5V
		11	206642	107344	6.28	−0.62	782	K1IIICN...
σ¹ Gru	σ¹	50	214085	111594	6.28	2.07	226	A3Vn
		5	205096	106500	6.32	1.34	323	K1IIICN...
		86	218255	114159	6.33	−1.68	1304	K4III
		73	216666	113189	6.40	−0.33	723	K2III
π¹ Gru	π¹	38	212087	110478	6.42	0.50	498	S5,7:
		29	210204	109408	6.43	−0.19	686	K3III
		79	217642	113784	6.46	0.93	415	K1III
		65	215504	112432	6.49	−0.35	760	K0III-IV
		95	219531	114937	6.49	0.61	489	K0III
τ² Gru	τ²	71	216656	113190	6.67	3.33	152	F7V:
τ² Gru	τ²	72	216655	113191	7.04	3.71	151	G5
45 G. Gru HD 213240 HD 213240 is a yellow main sequence star located approximately 133 light years away in the constellation Grus. The magnitudes were m=6.80 and M=3.75. It is a metal-rich star and more evolved than our sun...		45	213240	111143	6.80	3.75	133	G0/G1V	has a planet (b HD 213240 b HD 213240 b is an extrasolar planet located approximately 133 light-years away in the constellation of Grus, orbiting the star HD 213240.... )
HD 208487 HD 208487 HD 208487 is a 7th magnitude G-type main sequence star located approximately 144 light-years away in the constellation of Grus. It has the same spectral type as our sun, G2V. However, it is probably slightly less massive and more luminous, indicating that it is slightly older...			208487	108375	7.48	4.26	143	G2V:	has two planets (b HD 208487 b HD 208487 b is an extrasolar planet located approximately 144 light-years away in the constellation of Grus, orbiting the star HD 208487. This planet has a minimum mass close to half that of Jupiter and is most probably a gas giant. The planet orbits the star in a close, eccentric orbit. One... & c)
Gliese 832 Gliese 832 Gliese 832 is a red dwarf star in the constellation Grus. It is located relatively near our Sun, at a distance of 16.1 light years...			204961	106440	8.67	10.20	16.1	M1.5V	text-align:left; > has a planet (b Gliese 832 b Gliese 832 b is an extrasolar planet located approximately 16 light-years away in the constellation of Grus, orbiting the star Gliese 832. This is the longest-period Jupiter-like planet orbiting around a red dwarf star. This planet takes 3416 days to revolve at an orbital distance of 3.4 AU... )

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