DU Crucis
The center of the Jewel Box Cluster. DU Crucis is the red star.
DU Crucis is a red supergiant star in the Jewel Box Cluster, a star cluster in Crux (the Southern Cross). It is over 500 times wider than the Sun and 50,000 times brighter.[1]
DU Crucis Media
A Snapshot of the Jewel Box cluster (Credit: ESO VLT).
A light curve for DU Crucis, plotted from Hipparcos data
