Delta Muscae

E760409

binary star system

Delta Muscae is a binary star system in the southern constellation Musca, visible to the naked eye and notable as one of the brighter stars in that region of the sky.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Delta Muscae A	0

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	binary star system ⓘ
absoluteMagnitudeV	1.54 ⓘ
ageGyr	about 4.5 ⓘ
apparentMagnitudeV	3.61 ⓘ
belongsTo	Milky Way NERFINISHED ⓘ
celestialHemisphere	southern celestial hemisphere ⓘ
colorIndexBMinusV	1.16 ⓘ
declinationEpochJ2000	−71° 59′ 12″ ⓘ
distanceFromEarthLightYears	about 92 ⓘ
effectiveTemperatureKelvin	about 4500 ⓘ
evolutionaryStage	red clump giant ⓘ
galacticPopulation	thin disk ⓘ
hasBayerDesignation	δ Muscae NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasColor	orange ⓘ
hasCompanionDetectionMethod	astrometric ⓘ
hasCompanionType	low-mass star ⓘ
hasConstellation	Musca NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasFlamsteedDesignation	HD 112985 NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasGalacticLatitude	−12.52 ⓘ
hasGalacticLongitude	303.63 ⓘ
hasHenryDraperDesignation	HD 112985 NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasHipparcosDesignation	HIP 63494 NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasHRDesignation	HR 4932 NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPrimaryComponent	Delta Muscae A NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasSecondaryComponent	Delta Muscae B NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasVariableType	none known ⓘ
isBrightStarIn	Musca NERFINISHED ⓘ
isCatalogedIn	Bright Star Catalogue NERFINISHED ⓘ Henry Draper Catalogue NERFINISHED ⓘ Hipparcos Catalogue NERFINISHED ⓘ
isOneOfBrightestStarsIn	Musca NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInConstellation	Musca NERFINISHED ⓘ
luminosityClass	III ⓘ
luminositySolar	about 39 ⓘ
massSolar	about 1.2 ⓘ
metallicityFeH	about −0.1 ⓘ
orbitalPeriodYears	about 422 ⓘ
parallaxMilliarcseconds	35.63 ⓘ
properMotionDECmasPerYear	−43.42 ⓘ
properMotionRAmasPerYear	−153.63 ⓘ
radialVelocityKmPerSec	−9 ⓘ
radiusSolar	about 10 ⓘ
rightAscensionEpochJ2000	12h 55m 36s ⓘ
spectralType	K2III ⓘ K2III ⓘ
visibleTo	naked eye ⓘ

Referenced by (1)

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

Musca → containsStar → Delta Muscae ⓘ