ν Gruis, Latinised as Nu Gruis, is a solitary,[9] yellow-hued star in the southern constellation of Grus. It is visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of 5.47.[2] The distance to this star, as determined using an annual parallax shift of 11.6 mas as seen from the Earth,[1] is 280 light years. It is drifting further away with a heliocentric radial velocity of +11 km/s.[4]
^ abcJohnson, H. L.; et al. (1966), "UBVRIJKL photometry of the bright stars", Communications of the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, 4 (99): 99, Bibcode:1966CoLPL...4...99J.
^ abHouk, Nancy (1979), Michigan catalogue of two-dimensional spectral types for the HD stars, vol. 3, Ann Arbor, Michigan: Dept. of Astronomy, University of Michigan, Bibcode:1982mcts.book.....H.
^ abWilson, R. E. (1953), "General Catalogue of Stellar Radial Velocities", Carnegie Institute Washington D.C. Publication, Carnegie Institute of Washington, D.C., Bibcode:1953GCRV..C......0W.