- Acrux (stars.astro.illinois.edu)
ACRUX (Alpha Crucis). Among the most famous constellations in the sky is a “modern” one that is quite invisible from most of the populated northern hemisphere: Crux, the Southern Cross.
- Acrux (Wikipedia)
Acrux is the brightest star in the southern constellation of Crux. It has the Bayer designation α Crucis, which is Latinised to Alpha Crucis and abbreviated Alpha Cru or α Cru. With a combined visual magnitude of +0.76, it is the 13th-brightest star in the night sky. It is the most southerly star of the asterism known as the Southern Cross and is the southernmost first-magnitude star, 2.3 degrees more southerly than Alpha Centauri. This system is located at a distance of 321 light-years from the Sun.
