UY Scuti

GPTKB entity

Statements (23)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:star
red supergiant
gptkbp:apparentMagnitude 8.5
gptkbp:catalogueNumber gptkb:2MASS_J18375756-1251136
gptkb:BD-12°5055
gptkb:GSC_05124-00506
gptkbp:declination −12° 23′ 6″
gptkbp:diameter approximately 1,700 times the Sun's radius
gptkbp:discoveredBy German astronomers at Bonn Observatory
gptkbp:discoveredIn 1860
gptkbp:distanceFromEarth approximately 9,500 light-years
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label UY Scuti
gptkbp:locatedIn constellation Scutum
gptkbp:luminosity about 340,000 times the Sun
gptkbp:mass about 7 to 10 solar masses
gptkbp:metallicity unknown
gptkbp:otherName gptkb:BD-12_5055
gptkbp:rightAscension 18h 37m 58.3s
gptkbp:spectralType M4Ia
gptkbp:temperature about 3,365 K
gptkbp:variableType semiregular variable star
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Olamide
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6