Acrux

Brightest star of the Southern Cross and a tight multiple system. Small telescopes begin to split the brighter pair on steady nights. Look for it while tracing Crux on a dark night.

Wikipedia

Gaia has no usable parallax for this star (common for bright multiples). Distance uses the Hipparcos parallax instead.

ID
HIP 60718
Distance
98.72 pc · 322.0 ly
Parallax
10.13 mas (Hipparcos)
Magnitude (G)
0.67
Color (BP-RP)
-
Radius
unknown
RA · Dec
186.65° · -63.10°