Mu Pictoris

Mu Pictoris
Observation data
Epoch J2000.0      Equinox J2000.0 (ICRS)
Constellation Pictor
Right ascension 06h 31m 58.31021s [1]
Declination 58° 45 13.8117 [1]
Apparent magnitude (V) +5.71 [1]
Absolute magnitude (V)-1.12 [1]
Distance760 ± 70 [1] ly
(230 ± 20 [1] pc)
Spectral typeB9IVn+A8V[1]
Other designations
HD 46860, HR 2412, SAO 234564, HIP 31137

Mu Pictoris is a binary star in the constellation Pictor. Its apparent magnitude is 5.71. The components are a blue-white and white star of spectral types B9IVn and A8V respectively,[1] with a separation of about 2.49" (roughly 600 AU).[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 SIMBAD, Mu Pictoris (accessed 23 May 2014)
  2. Eggleton, P. P.; Tokovinin, A. A (September 2008). "A catalogue of multiplicity among bright stellar systems". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 389 (2): 869–879. arXiv:0806.2878Freely accessible. Bibcode:2008MNRAS.389..869E. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2008.13596.x.


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