Gacrux

Red giant tip of the Southern Cross, cooler than its Crux companions. The color contrast with Acrux and Mimosa is obvious to the eye. 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 61084
Distance
27.15 pc · 88.6 ly
Parallax
36.83 mas (Hipparcos)
Magnitude (G)
1.63
Color (BP-RP)
-
Radius
unknown
RA · Dec
187.79° · -57.11°