Gamma Muscae

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Gamma Muscae is a bright B-type giant star in the southern constellation Musca, visible to the naked eye and notable as one of the constellation’s primary stellar members.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf B-type giant star
star
absoluteMagnitudeV about −1.2
age_Myr tens of millions of years
apparentMagnitudeV 3.84
BayerDesignation γ Muscae NERFINISHED
belongsTo Milky Way NERFINISHED
catalog Bright Star Catalogue NERFINISHED
Henry Draper Catalogue NERFINISHED
Hipparcos Catalogue NERFINISHED
Tycho Catalogue NERFINISHED
colorIndexB−V −0.16
constellation Musca NERFINISHED
declination −72° 07′ 59″
distanceFromEarth_ly about 325 light-years
distanceFromEarth_pc about 100 parsecs
effectiveTemperature_K about 15000
equatorialCoordinateEpoch J2000
evolutionaryStage giant branch
FlamsteedDesignation not assigned
galacticLatitude_deg about −12
galacticLongitude_deg about 303
hasColor blue-white
HDNumber HD 110432 NERFINISHED
hemisphere southern celestial hemisphere
HIPNumber HIP 62027 NERFINISHED
HRNumber HR 4825 NERFINISHED
isOneOf brightest stars in Musca
isPrimaryStarOf constellation Musca NERFINISHED
luminosity_solar about 500
mass_solar about 4.5
metallicity_Fe/H near solar
parallax_mas about 9.9
properMotionDec_mas/yr about −9
properMotionRA_mas/yr about −37
radialVelocity_km/s about +16
radius_solar about 3.4
rightAscension 12h 37m 11s
rotationalVelocity_km/s about 140
SIMBADIdentifier gam Mus NERFINISHED
spectralType B5III
variableStarStatus not a well-established variable
visibility visible to the naked eye

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Musca containsStar Gamma Muscae