List of stars in Crux

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

Name	B	Var	HD	HIP	RA	Dec	vis. mag.	abs. mag.	Dist.	Sp. class	Notes
β Cru	β		111123	62434			1.25	−3.92	352	B0.5III	Mimosa, Becrux; binary star or possibly triple star system, 20th brightest of all stars; β Cep variable, Probable high-mass member of Lower Centaurus–Crux subgroup of the Scorpius–Centaurus association.
α¹ Cru	α¹		108248	60718			1.4	−3.6	321	B0.5IV	component of Acrux, 23rd brightest star, multiple star, spectroscopic binary. Possible member Lower Centaurus–Crux subgroup of the Scorpius–Centaurus association.
γ Cru	γ		108903	61084			1.60	−0.56	88	M4III	Gacrux, SRV,
α² Cru	α²		108249				2.09	−2.88	321	B1V	component of Acrux. Possible member Lower Centaurus–Crux subgroup of the Scorpius–Centaurus association.
δ Cru	δ		106490	59747			2.79	−2.45	364	B2IV	Imai, β Cep variable; Member of the Lower Centaurus–Crux subgroup of the Scorpius–Centaurus association.
ε Cru	ε		107446	60260			3.59	−0.63	228	K3/K4III	Ginan, suspected variable
μ¹ Cru	μ¹		112092	63003			4.03	−1.29	377	B2IV-V	binary star; suspected variable; Member of the Lower Centaurus–Crux subgroup of the Scorpius–Centaurus association.
ζ Cru	ζ		106983	60009			4.06	−1.16	361	B2.5V	double star, Member of the Lower Centaurus–Crux subgroup of the Scorpius–Centaurus association.
η Cru	η		105211	59072			4.14	2.67	64	F2III	double star
θ¹ Cru	θ¹		104671	58758			4.32	0.08	230	Am	spectroscopic binary
HD 110956			110956	62327			4.62	−0.80	396	B3V	double star; suspected slow irregular variable; Member of the Lower Centaurus–Crux subgroup of the Scorpius–Centaurus association.
λ Cru	λ		112078	63007			4.62	−0.59	360	B4Vn	β Cep variable,, Member of the Lower Centaurus–Crux subgroup of the Scorpius–Centaurus association.
ι Cru	ι		110829	62268			4.69	1.78	125	K1III	optical double
θ² Cru	θ²		104841	58867			4.72	−2.10	753	B2IV	spectroscopic binary; β Cep variable,
α Cru C			108250				4.86			B4IV	probable optical double with the α Cru system; suspected variable
CH Cru		CH	110335	61966			4.91	−2.60	1035	B6IV	γ Cas variable
μ² Cru	μ²		112091	63005			5.08	−0.14	361	B5Vne	component of μ Cru system; γ Cas variable,
HD 110432		BZ	110432	62027			5.27	−2.12	982	B2pe	high-mass X-ray binary; γ Cas variable,
HD 112244			112244	63117			5.34	−3.47	1884	O9Ib	emission-line star; variable star,
HD 107696			107696	60379			5.38	0.28	342	B9V	suspected variable
BL Cru		BL	108396	60781			5.38	−0.82	566	M4/M5III	semiregular variable,
HD 103961			103961	58379			5.44	−1.00	633	B8III	suspected variable,
BG Cru		BG	108968	61136			5.49	−3.07	1680	F5Ib-G0p	Cepheid variable,
HD 103884			103884	58326			5.59	−0.73	598	B3V	suspected variable
HD 104035			104035	58427			5.59	−4.11	2835	A3Ib
DS Cru		DS	111613	62732			5.71	−4.10	2991	A2Iab	emission-line star; α Cyg variable
HD 111904			111904	62894			5.75	−4.71	4025	B9Ia	suspected variable,
HD 108732			108732	60969			5.78	−0.40	562	M1III	variable star,
HD 106068			106068	59517			5.91	−4.96	4866	B9Ia	suspected variable,
HD 107543			107543	60308			5.91	−2.73	1743	K4III +	variable star,
HD 104933			104933	58921			5.95	−0.59	661	M2III	suspected variable
HD 109000			109000	61158			5.96	1.62	240	A8III
κ Cru	κ		111973	62931			5.98	−2.55	1661	B5Ia	member of the Jewel Box star cluster ; variable star,
HD 110506			110506	62058			5.99	0.47	414	B9Vn	Member of the Lower Centaurus–Crux subgroup of the Scorpius–Centaurus association.
HD 108355			108355	60771			6.02	−0.50	657	B8IV
HD 108501			108501	60851			6.05	1.11	317	A0Vn
HD 110461			110461	62026			6.06	0.77	372	B9V	Member of the Lower Centaurus–Crux subgroup of the Scorpius–Centaurus association.
HD 105841			105841	59396			6.08	1.34	290	F0III
HD 108570			108570	60870			6.15	3.02	138	K0/K1III
HD 104430			104430	58642			6.16	1.28	309	A1V
DL Cru		DL	106343	59678			6.20	−7.66	~20000	B1.5Ia	α Cyg variable
HD 108530			108530	60861			6.21	0.31	494	K2III
HD 105437			105437	59200			6.22	−2.89	2159	K3/K4II
HD 109492			109492	61443			6.22	2.89	151	G4IV
HD 104900			104900	58910			6.30	1.12	354	B9Vn
HD 108395			108395	60780			6.35	−0.79	874	K4III
HD 104111			104111	58469			6.36	−5.85	9022	A8II
HD 110532			110532	62084			6.41	−0.14	667	K0/K1III	double star
γ Cru B	γ		108925				6.42			A3V	component of the γ Cru system
T Cru		T	107447	60259			6.58		4000	G2Ib	Cepheid variable,
S Cru		S	112044	62986			6.58		2300	F7Ib-II	Cepheid variable,
R Cru		R	107805	60455			6.90	0.94	508	F7Ib/II	Cepheid variable,
HD 108147			108147	60644			6.99	4.05	126	F9V	Tupã; has a planet
AG Cru		AG	110258				7.90			F8Ib-II	Cepheid variable,
HD 106906			106906	59960			7.8		300	F5V	has a planet
BH Cru		BH		59844			7.96		8200	SC4.5-7/8e	Mira variable,
X Cru		X	110945				8.10			G1Ib	Cepheid variable,
W Cru		W	105998	59483			8.44			G2Iab	β Lyr variable
AB Cru		AB	106871	59935			8.48		3900	B2IVe	Algol variable
AI Cru		AI		59026			9.68		2300	F7Ib-II	Algol variable
GX 301-2		BP					10.66			B1.2Ia	High-mass X-ray binary,
WR 46		DI	104994	58954			10.8	−2.25	13000	WN3p	Wolf–Rayet star,
HDE 311884		CD	311884				10.81		911	WN6o + O5V	Wolf–Rayet star,
NGC 4349-127							10.82		6500	KIII	has a planet
BI Cru		BI					11.00			B+....	Symbiotic star,