List of stars in Grus

This is the list of notable stars in the constellation Grus, sorted by decreasing brightness.

Name

B

Var

HD

HIP

RA

Dec

Dist. (ly)

Notes

α

209952

109268

22^h 08^m 13.88^s

−46° 57′ 38.2″

1.73

−0.73

101

B7IV

Alnair (Al Nair, Al Na'ir); suspected variable, V_max = 1.70^m, V_min = 1.76^m

β Gru

β

214952

112122

22^h 42^m 39.93^s

−46° 53′ 04.4″

2.07

−1.52

170

M5III

Tiaki, semiregular variable, V_max = 1.90^m, V_min = 2.3^m, P = 37 d

γ Gru

γ

207971

108085

21^h 53^m 55.65^s

−37° 21′ 53.4″

3.00

−0.97

203

B8III

Al Dhanab

ε Gru

ε

215789

112623

22^h 48^m 33.20^s

−51° 19′ 00.1″

3.49

0.49

130

A3V

suspected variable, V_max = 3.47^m, V_min = 3.53^m

ι Gru

ι

218670

114421

23^h 10^m 21.43^s

−45° 14′ 47.9″

3.88

0.11

185

K0III SB

δ¹ Gru

δ¹

213009

110997

22^h 29^m 16.15^s

−43° 29′ 44.0″

3.97

−0.82

296

G6/G8III

ζ Gru

ζ

217364

113638

23^h 00^m 52.87^s

−52° 45′ 14.8″

4.11

1.42

112

G8III

δ² Gru

δ²

213080

111043

22^h 29^m 45.45^s

−43° 44′ 57.2″

4.12

−0.87

325

M4.5IIIa

semiregular variable, V_max = 3.99^m, V_min = 4.2^m

θ Gru

θ

218227

114131

23^h 06^m 52.77^s

−43° 31′ 13.2″

4.28

1.23

133

F5me...

λ Gru

λ

209688

109111

22^h 06^m 06.90^s

−39° 32′ 35.0″

4.47

0.07

247

M0III

μ¹ Gru

μ¹

211088

109908

22^h 15^m 36.88^s

−41° 20′ 48.3″

4.79

0.26

262

G8III+...

ρ Gru

ρ

215104

112203

22^h 43^m 29.97^s

−41° 24′ 50.8″

4.84

0.68

222

K0III

η Gru

η

215369

112374

22^h 45^m 37.85^s

−53° 30′ 00.6″

4.84

−0.57

394

K2IIICNIV

variable star, ΔV = 0.006^m, P = 2.76870 d

μ² Gru

μ²

211202

109973

22^h 16^m 26.57^s

−41° 37′ 37.9″

5.11

0.78

240

G8III

variable star, ΔV = 0.004^m, P = 0.13316 d

ξ Gru

ξ

204783

106327

21^h 32^m 05.86^s

−41° 10′ 45.6″

5.29

−0.06

383

K0III

HD 211415

211415

110109

22^h 18^m 15.18^s

−53° 37′ 31.9″

5.36

4.69

44

G1V

κ Gru

κ

217902

113957

23^h 04^m 39.57^s

−53° 57′ 52.7″

5.37

−0.02

390

K5III

HD 216149

216149

112832

22^h 51^m 02.15^s

−39° 09′ 24.5″

5.43

−2.22

1105

K3III

HD 208321

208321

108294

21^h 56^m 22.79^s

−37° 15′ 13.1″

5.45

0.52

315

A3V

ν Gru

ν

212953

110936

22^h 28^m 39.18^s

−39° 07′ 53.0″

5.47

0.94

262

G8III

HD 208737

208737

108543

21^h 59^m 17.88^s

−38° 23′ 42.3″

5.50

0.09

393

K1II/III

HD 215405

215405

112381

22^h 45^m 40.81^s

−46° 32′ 50.3″

5.52

−1.02

664

K3III

ο Gru

ο

220729

115713

23^h 26^m 36.54^s

−52° 43′ 18.9″

5.53

3.01

104

F4V

φ Gru

φ

219693

115054

23^h 18^m 09.79^s

−40° 49′ 26.6″

5.54

2.84

113

F5V

HD 204960

204960

106429

21^h 33^m 23.53^s

−44° 50′ 55.3″

5.57

−0.83

622

K0III

HD 207129

207129

107649

21^h 48^m 15.61^s

−47° 18′ 10.4″

5.57

4.60

51

G2V

π² Gru

π²

212132

110506

22^h 23^m 07.79^s

−45° 55′ 42.0″

5.62

2.58

132

F3III-IV

υ Gru

υ

218242

114132

23^h 06^m 53.60^s

−38° 53′ 32.3″

5.62

0.84

294

A0V

HD 217403

217403

113657

23^h 01^m 07.50^s

−50° 57′ 00.1″

5.68

−0.16

481

K3III

τ³ Gru

τ³

216823

113307

22^h 56^m 47.82^s

−47° 58′ 09.2″

5.72

1.11

272

Am...

HD 220440

220440

115537

23^h 24^m 13.24^s

−51° 53′ 27.9″

5.75

−0.39

552

M0III

suspected variable

HD 219263

219263

114775

23^h 14^m 58.53^s

−41° 06′ 18.5″

5.77

1.49

234

K2III

HD 217842

217842

113902

23^h 03^m 59.63^s

−41° 28′ 44.5″

5.79

0.97

301

K0III

variable star, ΔV = 0.004^m, P = 0.27350 d

HD 218269

218269

114167

23^h 07^m 14.81^s

−50° 41′ 11.8″

5.81

2.81

130

F6.5IV-V+..

suspected variable

HD 218630

218630

114382

23^h 09^m 57.64^s

−42° 51′ 40.2″

5.83

3.13

113

F4IV

σ² Gru

σ²

214150

111643

22^h 36^m 58.82^s

−40° 35′ 27.1″

5.85

1.71

219

A1V

DL Gru

DL

218655

114407

23^h 10^m 09.72^s

−40° 35′ 29.2″

5.90

−1.05

799

M4III

semiregular variable

HD 219507

219507

114921

23^h 16^m 39.79^s

−44° 29′ 20.9″

5.92

1.19

288

K1III

HD 214953

214953

112117

22^h 42^m 36.88^s

−47° 12′ 36.0″

5.99

4.13

77

G0

suspected variable, V_max = 5.97^m, V_min = 6.02^m

S Gru

S

212539

110736

22^h 26^m 05.47^s

−48° 26′ 18.8″

6.00

1450

M8IIIe

Mira variable, V_max = 6^m, V_min = 15^m, P = 401.51 d

τ¹ Gru

τ¹

216435

113044

22^h 53^m 37.74^s

−48° 35′ 53.1″

6.03

3.42

109

G3IV

has a planet

HD 220003

220003

115272

23^h 20^m 50.13^s

−50° 18′ 23.0″

6.04

1.26

294

Fm...

HD 214987

214987

112127

22^h 42^m 43.05^s

−44° 14′ 53.2″

6.06

1.10

320

K1IV

suspected variable, V_max = 6.05^m, V_min = 6.07^m

HD 211053

211053

109902

22^h 15^m 35.03^s

−44° 27′ 05.4″

6.10

−0.16

583

G8/K0III

HD 220401

220401

115496

23^h 23^m 45.41^s

−43° 07′ 28.0″

6.12

−1.55

1116

K3III

HD 220392

ψ^[a]

DQ

220392

115510

23^h 23^m 54.45^s

−53° 48′ 31.2″

6.13

0.29

480

A4III

δ Scuti variable

BZ Gru

BZ

208435

108347

21^h 57^m 02.14^s

−37° 44′ 48.7″

6.18

0.53

440

F2/F3V

δ Scuti variable, V_max = 6.13^m, V_min = 6.21^m

HD 210918

210918

109821

22^h 14^m 38.21^s

−41° 22′ 47.1″

6.23

4.51

72

G5V

HD 206642

206642

107344

21^h 44^m 29.41^s

−38° 33′ 07.7″

6.28

−0.62

782

K1IIICN...

σ¹ Gru

σ¹

214085

111594

22^h 36^m 29.27^s

−40° 34′ 57.0″

6.28

2.07

226

A3Vn

HD 205096

205096

106500

21^h 34^m 17.18^s

−42° 55′ 28.8″

6.32

1.34

323

K1IIICN...

HD 218255

218255

114159

23^h 07^m 09.43^s

−49° 36′ 22.1″

6.33

−1.68

1304

K4III

HD 216666

216666

113189

22^h 55^m 14.87^s

−36° 23′ 18.9″

6.40

−0.33

723

K2III

π¹ Gru

π¹

212087

110478

22^h 22^m 44.18^s

−45° 56′ 52.5″

6.42

0.50

498

S5,7:

semiregular variable, V_max = 5.31^m, V_min = 7.01^m, P = 195.5 d

HD 210204

210204

109408

22^h 09^m 57.82^s

−48° 06′ 27.0″

6.43

−0.19

686

K3III

HD 217642

217642

113784

23^h 02^m 34.07^s

−36° 25′ 14.9″

6.46

0.93

415

K1III

HD 215504

215504

112432

22^h 46^m 28.22^s

−49° 41′ 06.4″

6.49

−0.35

760

K0III-IV

HD 219531

219531

114937

23^h 16^m 49.85^s

−41° 11′ 40.0″

6.49

0.61

489

K0III

HD 215456

215456

112414

22^h 46^m 08^s

−48° 58′ 4″

6.63

124

G0.5V

has two planets (b & c)

τ² Gru

τ²

216656

113190

22^h 55^m 16.19^s

−48° 29′ 30.8″

6.67

3.33

152

F7V:

component of the τ² Gru system

τ² Gru

τ²

216655

113191

22^h 55^m 16.35^s

−48° 27′ 57.4″

7.04

3.71

151

G5

component of the τ² Gru system

HD 213240

213240

111143

22^h 31^m 00.37^s

−49° 25′ 59.8″

6.80

3.75

133

G0/G1V

has a planet (b)

HD 208487

208487

108375

21^h 57^m 19.85^s

−37° 45′ 49.0″

7.48

4.26

143

G2V:

Itonda,^[1] has two planets (b & c)

HD 217522

BP

217522

113711

23^h 01^m 46.82^s

−44° 50′ 26.9″

8.26

287.0

Ap...

rapidly oscillating Ap star

RS Gru

RS

206379

107231

21^h 43^m 04.22^s

−48° 11′ 22.2″

8.26

776

A9IV

δ Sct variable, V_max = 7.94^m, V_min = 8.48^m, P = 0.1470117 d

Gliese 832

204961

106440

21^h 33^m 33.98^s

−49° 00′ 32.4″

8.67

10.20

16.1

M1.5V

has a planet (b)

W Gru

W

214791

112009

22^h 41^m 18.67^s

−43° 50′ 28.6″

8.96

1140

F5V

AR Lac variable

WASP-95

22^h 29^m 50.0^s

−48° 00′ 11″

10.1

G2

has a transiting planet (b)

BC Gru

BC

22^h 44^m 49.11^s

−48° 10′ 13.0″

10.60

W UMa variable, V_max = 10.60^m, V_min = 10.94^m, P = 0.30735686 d

U Gru

U

21^h 31^m 48.77^s

−45° 02′ 42.5″

11.38

A5

Algol variable

RZ Gru

RZ

22^h 47^m 12.01^s

−42° 44′ 38.72″

12.04

B6

nova-like star

CE Gru

CE

21^h 37^m 56.38^s

−43° 42′ 13.1″

17.4

AM Her variable, V_max = 17.4^m, V_min = 19.5^m, P = 0.0754 d

PSR J2144-3933

21^h 44^m 12.0^s

−39° 33′ 55.2″

pulsar

Table legend:

• Name = Proper name
• B = Bayer designation
• F or/and G. = Flamsteed designation or Gould designation
• Var = Variable star designation
• HD = Henry Draper Catalogue designation number
• HIP = Hipparcos Catalogue designation number
• RA = Right ascension for the Epoch/Equinox J2000.0
• Dec = Declination for the Epoch/Equinox J2000.0

• vis. mag. = visual magnitude (m or m_v), also known as apparent magnitude
• abs. mag. = absolute magnitude (M_v)
• Dist. (ly) = Distance in light-years from Earth
• Sp. class = Spectral class of the star in the stellar classification system
• Notes = Common name(s) or alternate name(s); comments; notable properties [for example: multiple star status, range of variability if it is a variable star, exoplanets, etc.]

Notes

^ Labelled Psi Gruis (ψ Gru/ψ Gruis) by Bode in his Uranographia Ioannis Elerte Bode uranographia

References

^ "Gabon". NameExoWorlds. Retrieved 2020-03-10.

ESA (1997). "The Hipparcos and Tycho Catalogues". Retrieved 2006-12-26.
Kostjuk, N. D. (2002). "HD-DM-GC-HR-HIP-Bayer-Flamsteed Cross Index". Retrieved 2006-12-26.
Roman, N. G. (1987). "Identification of a Constellation from a Position". Retrieved 2006-12-26.
Gould, B. A. "Uranometria Argentina". Reprinted and updated by Pilcher, F. Archived from the original on 2012-02-27. Retrieved 2010-07-16.
"AAVSO Website". American Association of Variable Star Observers. Retrieved 9 March 2014.
"Naming Stars". Retrieved 13 December 2017.

[1] Labelled Psi Gruis (ψ Gru/ψ Gruis) by Bode in his Uranographia Ioannis Elerte Bode uranographia

[2] "Gabon". NameExoWorlds. Retrieved 2020-03-10.

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See also

References