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δ Muscae (delta Muscae)

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -57.92°   Az: 210.01°   Direction: South-South-West

δ Muscae is a giant star of spectral class K2 in the constellation of Musca.

δ Muscae visual magnitude is 3.62. Because of its moderate brightness, δ Muscae is easily visible to the naked eye from locations with dark skies, while it might be barely visible, or not visible at all, from light-polluted skies.

Image of δ Muscae (delta Muscae) star
DSS2 image of δ Muscae. The red arrow shows the motion of δ Muscae during the next 1000 years (4.27 arcmin in Right Ascension and -0.35 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

13h 04m 02s
-71° 41’ 05”
08h 09m 11s
21h 13m 13s

J2000

13h 02m 16s
-71° 32’ 56”

Galactic Coordinates

303.8°
-8.69°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for δ Muscae (delta Muscae).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

3.62
Giant

1.40
K2III
4348K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where δ Muscae is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of δ Muscae. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

δ Muscae is distant 90.78 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 37 kilometers per second.

27.85
90.78
37 km/s
0.256 arcsec/y
-0.021"/y

Alternative Designations

δ Muscae
(delta Muscae)
SAO257000
SAO257000

Visibility from Your Location

δ Muscae (delta Muscae) is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK