View Stars for Constellation Crux
| Star Common Name | Constellation | Full Name | Translation/Reference | Rolleston | Language | Identifier |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acrux A | Cru | Alpha Crux A | short for Alpha Crux Memoirs of the Rev. Walter M. Lowrie: missionary to China (1849), p. 93. Described as an "Americanism" in The Geographical Journal, vol. 92, Royal Geographical Society, 1938. |
American, 19th C. | * alf01 Cru | |
| Acrux B | Cru | Alpha Crux B | short for Alpha Crux Memoirs of the Rev. Walter M. Lowrie: missionary to China (1849), p. 93. Described as an "Americanism" in The Geographical Journal, vol. 92, Royal Geographical Society, 1938. |
American, 19th C. | 60718 | |
| Becrux | Cru | Becrux | a modern contraction of "Beta Crux" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beta_Crucis#Nomenclature |
English | * bet Cru | |
| Gacrux | Cru | Gacrux | short for Gamma Crux Lesikar, Arnold V. "Gacrux". Dome Of The Sky. Archived from the original on 2011-09-28. Retrieved 2011-11-03. |
English; coined by astronomer Elijah Hinsdale Burritt (1838) | 61084 | |
| Ginan | Cru | Ginan |
a dilly bag - the "bag of songs" https://www.iau.org/public/themes/naming_stars/ |
the Wardaman people of the Northern Territory of Australia | 60260 | |
| Imai | Cru | ceases to appear in the evening sky at dusk (around the end of August), it is said that the Omo [river] rises high enough to flatten the imai grass that grows along its banks, and then subsides. | grass along the banks of the Omo River https://www.universeguide.com/star/decrux |
Ethiopian | 59747 | |
| Mimosa | Cru | Mimosa | genus of leguminous trees or shrubs http://www.constellationsofwords.com/stars/Mimosa.html |
Latin | 62434 |