Delta Muscae

E760409

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.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Delta Muscae canonical 1
Delta Muscae A 1
Delta Muscae B 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf binary star system
absoluteMagnitudeV 1.54
ageGyr about 4.5
apparentMagnitudeV 3.61
belongsTo Milky Way
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
linked to: Delta Muscae
hasColor orange
hasCompanionDetectionMethod astrometric
hasCompanionType low-mass star
hasConstellation Musca
hasFlamsteedDesignation HD 112985
hasGalacticLatitude −12.52
hasGalacticLongitude 303.63
hasHenryDraperDesignation HD 112985
hasHipparcosDesignation HIP 63494
hasHRDesignation HR 4932
hasPrimaryComponent Delta Muscae A
linked to: Delta Muscae
hasSecondaryComponent Delta Muscae B
linked to: Delta Muscae
hasVariableType none known
isBrightStarIn Musca
isCatalogedIn Bright Star Catalogue
Henry Draper Catalogue
Hipparcos Catalogue
isOneOfBrightestStarsIn Musca
locatedInConstellation Musca
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

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

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

Musca containsStar Delta Muscae
Delta Muscae hasBayerDesignation δ Muscae
linked to: Delta Muscae
Delta Muscae hasPrimaryComponent Delta Muscae A
linked to: Delta Muscae
Delta Muscae hasSecondaryComponent Delta Muscae B
linked to: Delta Muscae