Ginan

HR 4700 · HIP 60260 · ε Cru

👁️ Naked-eye

📋 A written introduction is coming — for now this page shows official values only.

Star

Apparent magnitude: 3.57 mag
Parallax: 14.19 mas → about 229.8 light-years away
Spectral type: K3/K4III
Right ascension: 185.34°
Declination: -60.4011°
Designation: HR 4700
Bayer designation: ε Cru
HIP number: 60260
IAU name adopted: 2017-11-17
Name language: Aboriginal/ Wardaman
Name origin (IAU): Ginan is the Wardaman name of ε Cru, from the Northern Territory, Australia. Ginan was found by Mulugurnden (the crayfish), who brought the red flying foxes from the underworld to the sky. The bats flew up the track of the Milky Way and traded the spiritual song with Guyaru, the Night Owl (Sirius). The bats fly through the constellation Scorpius on their way to the Southern Cross, trading songs as they go. The song informs the people about initiation, which is managed by the stars in Scorpius and related to Larawag (who ensures the appropriate personnel are present for the final stages of the ceremony). The colour of the star is reflected as the brownish-red colour of the dilly bag and its association with ceremonial fire.

Constellation

Light from this object takes about 230 years to reach Earth — the light you see tonight left around AD 1796 (official distance ÷ speed of light).
At magnitude 3.6 it is bright enough for the naked eye (limit about 6) — look from somewhere dark.
Declination -60.4° — it never rises in Seoul (37.6° N); you need to be farther south to see it.

Worked out from this object's official values.

HR 4700 · HIP 60260 · ε Cru

👁️ Naked-eye

📋 A written introduction is coming — for now this page shows official values only.

Apparent magnitude: 3.57 mag
Parallax: 14.19 mas → about 229.8 light-years away
Spectral type: K3/K4III
Right ascension: 185.34°
Declination: -60.4011°
Designation: HR 4700
Bayer designation: ε Cru
HIP number: 60260
IAU name adopted: 2017-11-17
Name language: Aboriginal/ Wardaman
Name origin (IAU): Ginan is the Wardaman name of ε Cru, from the Northern Territory, Australia. Ginan was found by Mulugurnden (the crayfish), who brought the red flying foxes from the underworld to the sky. The bats flew up the track of the Milky Way and traded the spiritual song with Guyaru, the Night Owl (Sirius). The bats fly through the constellation Scorpius on their way to the Southern Cross, trading songs as they go. The song informs the people about initiation, which is managed by the stars in Scorpius and related to Larawag (who ensures the appropriate personnel are present for the final stages of the ceremony). The colour of the star is reflected as the brownish-red colour of the dilly bag and its association with ceremonial fire.

Constellation

Light from this object takes about 230 years to reach Earth — the light you see tonight left around AD 1796 (official distance ÷ speed of light).
At magnitude 3.6 it is bright enough for the naked eye (limit about 6) — look from somewhere dark.
Declination -60.4° — it never rises in Seoul (37.6° N); you need to be farther south to see it.

Worked out from this object's official values.