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Proper Name	None
Bayer Designation	Kappa Crucis
Flamsteed Number	None
HR (BSC)	4890
HD	111973
Constellation	Crux
Right Ascension	12h 53m 49s
Declination	-60° 22' 34"
Distance	c.6,400 light years c.2,000 parsecs
Magnitude	Apparent: +5.9 Absolute: -6.2
Spectral Class	B5Ia Blue Supergiant
Optimum Visibility	April (Usually visible from southern latitudes)
Notes	The brightest of the stars that make up the Jewel Box cluster (sometimes called the Kappa Crucis Cluster after this star) that lies near Mimosa in the sky. Kappa Crucis is an intensely luminous supergiant star whose spectrum shows that it has a smaller binary companion.

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