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Delta Muscae

Star Delta Muscae

Red giant Delta Muscae is located 87 light years away from the Sun. It is suspected double or multiple star of spectral class K2III, that has typically about 120 % of solar mass. For now, there are no known exoplanets in this star system.

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Sun distance
87 light years

Delta Muscae

Red giant, Spectroscopic binary

Spectral class: K2III

Location +

Right ascension: 13h 2m 17.148s

Declination: -71° 32' 56.262'' (southern hemisphere)

Parallax: 37.389

Sun distance: 87.234 ly | 26.7 pc

Basic characteristic

Mass: 140 % M Sun

(estimate)

Size: 1760 % R Sun

(estimate)

Temperature: 4500 K

(estimate)

Luminosity: 42 L Sun

Photometry

Apparent magnitude (V): 3.6

Absolute magnitude (V): 1.5

Absolute stellar magnitude in different parts of the electromagnetic spectrum from infrared (K band) to ultraviolet (U band).

K
2.1

H
1.6

J
1.2

Grp
0.8

I
0.8

G
0.6

V
0.5

Gbp
0.5

B
0.4

U
0.3

Delta Muscae system structure


	Delta Muscae

More about Delta Muscae

       Delta Muscae can be found in southern celestial hemisphere, and it is possible to see it with naked eye.

Other designations of this star
Del Mus, δ Mus, CD−70° 997, FK5 487, GC 17672, HD 112985, HIP 63613, HR 4923, SAO 257000, Gaia DR3 5843518239925459456

External sources

Simbad database (* del Mus)

Astronomical database SIMBAD (the Set of Identifications, Measurements and Bibliography for Astronomical Data)

Gaia database (Gaia DR3 5843518239925459456)

Archive from the Gaia mission

Frequently Asked Questions

How far is the Delta Muscae system from the Sun?

The Delta Muscae system is 87 light years or 26.7 parsecs from the Sun.

What galaxy is the Delta Muscae star in?

The Delta Muscae is in the Milky Way galaxy just like the Sun.

How many stars are in the Delta Muscae system?

The Delta Muscae is a single star, there are no other known stars in the system.

What type of star is the Delta Muscae?

The star Delta Muscae is a Red giant star.

What temperature is the Delta Muscae?

The primary in the Delta Muscae system has an effective temperature of K ( °C). Find out more about the temperature of stars in Stellar guide

Class of stars Red giant

White dwarfs are the hot, extremely dense stellar remnants left behind by stars that originally had masses between about 0.5 and 8 times the mass of the Sun during their main sequence lifetimes. After exhausting their nuclear fuel, these stars shed their outer layers and leave behind a compact core. Although white dwarfs contain between roughly 0.2 and 1.44 solar masses, this mass is packed into a volume comparable to that of an Earth-sized planet, making them some of the densest objects in the Universe.

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