β Cru - The pale blue star is located 350 light-years away. With its brightness of 1.3 magnitude, it ranks among the twenty brightest stars in the sky. Its size changes five times a day due to pulsation, but its magnitude changes by less than a tenth, which is not enough for us to perceive with the naked eye.

Acrux (α Cru) - The brightest star of the constellation has a magnitude of 1.1 and is the 13th brightest star in the sky. In a telescope, we can distinguish it as two sparkling blue-white components separated by 4.4". They have magnitudes of 0.8 and 2.1, and we can separate them with a 60 mm telescope. The system is located at a distance of 370 light-years. We can find a third unrelated component with a magnitude of 5 in a refractor 90" away.

Gacrux (γ Cru) - Red giant (1.6 mag), which nicely contrasts with three other hot blue-white stars of the cross. In fact, it is an optical double star, with a companion of magnitude 6.5 mag found in a distance of 2'. The red giant is located at a distance of 88 light years from us, while the companion is three times further away.

μ Cru - Wide optical double star, which can be observed as two stars with magnitudes 4.1 and 5.1 through a small telescope or a powerful refractor. The fainter star rapidly rotates around the primary star, emitting gas streams, which occasionally cause small changes in brightness.