Gamma Muscae
Template:Location mark Location of γ Muscae (circled) | |
| Observation data Epoch J2000.0 Equinox J2000.0 | |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Musca |
| Right ascension | Template:RA[1] |
| Declination | Template:DEC[1] |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 3.87[2] |
| Characteristics | |
| Spectral type | B5 V[3] |
| U−B Template:Engvar | −0.61[2] |
| B−V Template:Engvar | −0.15[2] |
| Variable type | SPB |
| Astrometry | |
| Radial velocity (Rv) | Script error: No such module "val".[4] km/s |
| Proper motion (μ) | RA: −51.34[1] mas/yr Dec.: −5.40[1] mas/yr |
| Parallax (π) | 10.04±0.13 mas[1] |
| Distance | Template:Rnd ± Template:Rnd ly (Template:Rnd ± Template:Rnd pc) |
| Absolute magnitude (MV) | −1.1[5] |
| Details | |
| Mass | 5.09[6] Template:Solar mass |
| Radius | 4.17[6] Template:Solar radius |
| Luminosity | 790[5] Template:Solar luminosity |
| Surface gravity (log g) | 3.87[6] cgs |
| Temperature | 15,490[6] K |
| Rotational velocity (v sin i) | 205[3] km/s |
| Age | 67.7[6] Myr |
| Metallicity [Fe/H] | {{{metal_fe2}}} dex |
| Other designations | |
| Template:Odlist | |
| Database references | |
| SIMBAD | data |
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γ Muscae, Latinised as Gamma Muscae, is a blue-white hued star in the southern circumpolar constellation of Musca, the Fly. It can be seen with the naked eye, having an apparent visual magnitude of 3.87.[2] Based upon an annual parallax shift of 10.04 mas as seen from Earth, it is located about 325 light years from the Sun.
This is a B-type main-sequence star with a stellar classification of B5 V.[3] It is a variable star that ranges between magnitudes 3.84 and 3.86 over a period of 2.7 days, and is classed as a slowly pulsating B star.[8] It is around five times as massive as the Sun.[9] The star is spinning rapidly with a projected rotational velocity of 205 km/s. This is giving it an oblate shape with an equatorial bulge that is 7% larger than the polar radius.[3]
Gamma Muscae is a proper motion member of the Lower Centaurus–Crux sub-group in the Scorpius–Centaurus OB association, the nearest such association of co-moving massive stars to the Sun.[5]
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