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μ Muscae (mu Muscae)

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -50.31°   Az: 216.88°   Direction: South-West

μ Muscae is a variable giant star of spectral class K4 in the constellation of Musca.

μ Muscae visual magnitude is 4.72. Because of its moderate brightness, μ 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 μ Muscae (mu Muscae) star
DSS2 image of μ Muscae. The red arrow shows the motion of μ Muscae during the next 10000 years (2.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

11h 49m 28s
-66° 57’ 21”
06h 46m 57s
18h 36m 25s

J2000

11h 48m 14s
-66° 48’ 52”

Galactic Coordinates

296.76°
-4.7°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for μ Muscae (mu Muscae).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.72
Giant

-0.89
K4III
3734K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

μ Muscae is distant 431.79 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 37 kilometers per second.

132.45
431.79
37 km/s
0.013 arcsec/y
-0.015"/y

Alternative Designations

μ Muscae
(mu Muscae)
SAO251597
SAO251597

Visibility from Your Location

μ Muscae (mu Muscae) is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK