Alpha Muscae

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star

Alpha Muscae is a hot, blue-white B-type giant star in the southern constellation Musca, notable as its most luminous member.

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Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf star ⓘ
absoluteMagnitudeV -3.5 ⓘ
age_Myr 18 ⓘ
apparentMagnitudeV 2.69 ⓘ
bayerDesignation Alpha Muscae NERFINISHED ⓘ
belongsTo Milky Way NERFINISHED ⓘ
color blue-white ⓘ
constellation Musca NERFINISHED ⓘ
declination −69° 08′ 08″ ⓘ
distanceFromEarth_ly 315 ⓘ
distanceFromEarth_pc 96.5 ⓘ
effectiveTemperature_K 22000 ⓘ
equatorialCoordinateSystem ICRS NERFINISHED ⓘ
flamsteedDesignation HD 109668 NERFINISHED ⓘ
galacticPopulation thin disk ⓘ
hasColorIndexBminusV -0.22 ⓘ
hasColorIndexUminusB -0.88 ⓘ
hasPulsations radial and non-radial ⓘ
hasStellarClassification B2IV-V ⓘ
hasStellarWind true ⓘ
hemisphere southern celestial hemisphere ⓘ
henryDraperDesignation HD 109668 NERFINISHED ⓘ
hipparcosDesignation HIP 61585 NERFINISHED ⓘ
hrDesignation HR 4798 NERFINISHED ⓘ
isBrightestStarIn Musca NERFINISHED ⓘ
isHotStar true ⓘ
isMostLuminousMemberOf Musca NERFINISHED ⓘ
isNakedEyeVisible true ⓘ
isSingleStar true ⓘ
isVariableStar true ⓘ
luminosity_solar 4000 ⓘ
mass_solar 8 ⓘ
metallicity_FeH 0.0 ⓘ
parallax_mas 10.36 ⓘ
peakBrightnessBand visual ⓘ
properMotionDec_masPerYr -9.16 ⓘ
properMotionRA_masPerYr -36.40 ⓘ
radialVelocity_kmPerSec +13 ⓘ
radius_solar 4.8 ⓘ
rightAscension 12h 37m 11.0s ⓘ
simbadID alf Mus NERFINISHED ⓘ
spectralType B2IV-V ⓘ
surfaceGravity_logg 3.9 ⓘ
variableStarType Beta Cephei variable NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Musca → brightestStar → Alpha Muscae ⓘ
Musca → containsStar → Alpha Muscae ⓘ