Mu Sculptoris

Mu Sculptoris

Template:Location mark Location of μ Sculptoris (circled)
Observation data Epoch J2000      Equinox J2000
Constellation	Sculptor
Right ascension	Template:RA
Declination	Template:DEC
Apparent magnitude (V)	5.30 (5.30 – 5.33)
Characteristics
Evolutionary stage	giant
Spectral type	K1 III
U−B Template:Engvar	+0.69
B−V Template:Engvar	+0.97
Variable type	suspected
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)	km/s
Proper motion (μ)	RA: −91.30 mas/yr Dec.: −53.29 mas/yr
Parallax (π)	11.6622±0.1228 mas
Distance	Template:Rnd ± Template:Rnd ly (Template:Rnd ± Template:Rnd pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)	0.54
Details
Mass	1.32 Template:Solar mass
Radius	Template:Solar radius
Luminosity	Template:Solar luminosity
Surface gravity (log g)	2.50 cgs
Temperature	K
Metallicity [Fe/H]	−0.21 dex
Rotational velocity (v sin i)	2.6 km/s
Metallicity [Fe/H]	{{{metal_fe2}}} dex
Other designations
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Database references
SIMBAD	data

μ Sculptoris, Latinized as Mu Sculptoris, is a solitary, orange-hued star in the southern constellation of Sculptor. It is visible to the naked eye as a dim point of light with an apparent visual magnitude of +5.30. This star is located approximately 291 light years from the Sun based on parallax, and it is drifting further away with a radial velocity of +16 km/s.

This object is an aging K-type giant star with a stellar classification of K1 III. Having exhausted the supply of hydrogen at its core, this star expanded and cooled off the main sequence. At present it has 11 times the girth of the Sun. It is a suspected variable star of unknown type, with its brightness measured as varying from magnitude 5.30 down to 5.33. The star has 1.32 times the mass of the Sun and is radiating 61 times the Sun's luminosity from its swollen photosphere at an effective temperature of 4899 K.