Star Mu Cassiopeiae

Binary star Mu Cassiopeiae is located 25 light years away from the Sun. It consists of a yellow star and a red dwarf. For now, there are no known exoplanets in this star system.

Mu Cassiopeiae A

Yellow star, Spectroscopic binary

Spectral class: G5Vb

Location

Right ascension: 1h 8m 22.744s

Declination: 54° 54' 47.534'' (northern hemisphere)

Parallax: 130.288

Sun distance: 25.033 ly | 7.7 pc

Basic characteristic

Mass: 74 % M Sun

Size: 79 % R Sun

Temperature: 5434 K | 0.94 T Sun

Age: 4 billions years | 0.87 Sun

Photometry

Apparent magnitude (V): 5.2

Absolute magnitude (V): 5.7

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

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

Mu Cassiopeiae B

Red dwarf, , Spectroscopic binary

Spectral class: M

Basic characteristic

Mass: 17 % M Sun

Size: 29 % R Sun

Mu Cassiopeiae system structure

	Mu Cassiopeiae A
	Mu Cassiopeiae B

More about Mu Cassiopeiae

       Mu Cassiopeiae can be found in northern celestial hemisphere, and it is possible to see it with naked eye. The star is easily observable from Northern America, Europe and Asia.

Other designations of this star
30 Cassiopeiae, Gliese 53, HR 321, BD+54°223, HD 6582, LHS 8, LTT 10460, GCTP 219.00, SAO 22024, FK5 1030, LFT 107, HIP 5336, GC 1360, CCDM J01080+5455, MU Cas, V* MU Cas, Gaia EDR3 411413822074322432

Closest stars

Eta Cassiopeiae	0.97 M☉	5.9 ly
2MASS J0011+5908	-	6.8 ly
Gliese 892	0.85 M☉	7.5 ly
Gliese 48	0.48 M☉	7.8 ly
V388 Cassiopeiae	0.52 M☉	8 ly

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