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γ Muscae (gamma Muscae)

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -67.09°   Az: 197.00°   Direction: South-South-West

γ Muscae is a main-sequence star of spectral class B5 in the constellation of Musca.

γ Muscae visual magnitude is 3.87. Because of its moderate brightness, γ 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 γ Muscae (gamma Muscae) star
DSS2 image of γ Muscae. The red arrow shows the motion of γ Muscae during the next 10000 years (-9.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -0.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

12h 34m 01s
-72° 16’ 22”
10h 32m 12s
23h 06m 14s

J2000

12h 32m 27s
-72° 07’ 59”

Galactic Coordinates

301.46°
-9.32°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for γ Muscae (gamma Muscae).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

3.87
Main-sequence

-1.11
B5V
12489K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

γ Muscae is distant 323.73 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 3 kilometers per second.

99.30
323.73
3 km/s
-0.058 arcsec/y
-0.002"/y

Alternative Designations

γ Muscae
(gamma Muscae)
SAO256955
SAO256955

Visibility from Your Location

γ Muscae (gamma Muscae) is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK