DQC,
Try this for size:
http://www.teara.govt.nz/EarthSeaAnd...hernCross/3/en
The stars of
The Cross are a long, long way from us.
Given that I'd die before I got to our sun (even if I hopped into the fastest car I could get my hands on, was well stocked with food and was impervious to heat and gravitational effects) which is a mere - approximately - 8.5 light minutes away imagine the distance to some of the Crux stars.
I find it hard to comprehend that sort of distance even though, relatively speaking, the stars of
Crux are close to us.