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Acrux

α Crucis · Crux · also α Crucis

Ecliptic position at J2000.0
Scorpio 11.87°
Ecliptic latitude -52.86°·Magnitude 0.77·B0.5IV + B1V
General reference

Nature

Brightest in Southern Cross.

Classical attribution

Robson assigns Jupiter nature. Brightest in Southern Cross.

Other stars in Scorpio

Reference, not advice

This is cultural and astronomical reference, not personal prediction or advice.

Ecliptic position at J2000.0 epoch. Present-day position is shifted by precession (~50.3 arc-seconds per year). Classical attributions paraphrased from Vivian E. Robson, “The Fixed Stars and Constellations in Astrology” (1923, public domain).

Sources

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