• Gacrux  Gacrux is a star in Crux. ### ############# ################### ##################### ####################### ####################### ######################### ####################### ####################### ##################### ################### ############# ###  Type Red giant  Constellation Crux  Magnitude 1.6  Spectral type M3.5III  Distance 88 light years  Double star components 110.6″ apart  You need binoculars from here  40.00,-83.00 now · mag 1.6 · never rises from here  Gacrux is not visible from 40.00,-83.00: below the horizon.  No window in the next 40 days from this latitude.   Gacrux never rises from 40.00,-83.00. It stays below the horizon all year at this latitude.   You will find it in Crux.   It is a red giant, 88 light years away, so the light reaching you left it in 1939.   Your sky here is about Bortle 7, bright, so for this you want binoculars from here.  Follow @skymapsh for skymap.sh updates