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GRUS

 

(Abbreviation:  Gru).

 

The most distinctive of the ‘southern Birds’.  The contrast in colour between a and b is very marked.

There are six stars above the forth magnitude:

 

BRIGHTEST  STAR

 

STAR

R.A.

DEC

MAG.

ABS.MAG.

SPEC

DIST.PC

H

M

S

o

g

21

53

55.6

-37

21

54

3.01

-1.2

B8

70  LY/ 550

l

22

06

06.7

-39

32

36

4.46

-0.4

Mo

94

a

22

08

13.8

-46

57

40

1.74

1.1

B5

21  ALNAIR  LY/ 65

d

22

29

15.9

-43

29

45

3.97

0.3

gG5

43

d¹

22

29

45.3

-43

44

58

4.11

-

M4

27

b

22

42

39.9

-46

53

05

2.11v

-2.4

M3

53  AL DHANAD  LY/ 300

Î

22

48

33.1

-51

19

01

3.49

1.4

A2

25

z

23

00

52.6

-52

45

15

4.12

0.3

G5

50

q

23

06

52.6

-43

31

14

4.28

2.2

F6

26

i

23

10

21.4

-45

14

48

3.90

0.2

KO

53

 

DOUBLE

 

STAR

R.A.

DEC

MAGS.

P.A.

DIST”

H

M

S

o

q

23

06

52.6

-43

31

14

4.4,7.0

052

SLOW BINARY

 

VARIABLES

 

STAR

R.A.

DEC

RANGE

PERIOD,D.

SPEC

TYPE

H

M

o

RS

21

39.8

-48

25

7.6---8.2

0.147

A5

RR LYRÆ TYPE

R

21

45.3

-47

09

7.4---14.9

333

M

MIRA

p

22

19.7

-46

12

5.8---6.4

-

S5

IRREGULAR

S

22

23.0

-48

41

6.0---15.0

410

M

MIRA

T

22

28.8

-37

50

6.8---11.0

137

M

MIRA

 

CLUSTERS  AND  NEBULÆ

 

OBJECT

R.A.

DEC

TYPE

NOTES

H

M

o

NGC  7213

22

06.2

-47

25

GALAXY

MAG.12.  ELLIPTICAL

NGC  7410

22

52.1

-39

56

GALAXY

MAG.12.  SPIRAL

NGC  7418

22

53.8

-37

17

GALAXY

MAG.11.8. SPIRAL

NGC  7552

23

13.5

-42

53

GALAXY

MAG.12. SPIRAL

NGC  7582

23

15.8

-42

38

GALAXY

MAG.11.8. SPIRAL

NGC  7590

23

16.3

-42

31

GALAXY

MAG.12. SPIRAL

 

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