Beta Microscopii

β Microscopii
Observation data
Epoch J2000.0      Equinox J2000.0 (ICRS)
Constellation Microscopium
Right ascension 20h 51m 58.76157s [1]
Declination −33° 10′ 40.7037″ [1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 6.06
Characteristics
Spectral type A2Vn
Astrometry
Parallax (π)6.76 ± 0.34[2] mas
Distance480 ± 20 ly
(148 ± 7 pc)
Other designations
Beta Microscopii, Beta Mic, HD 198529, HIP 102989, HR 7979, SAO 212499
Database references
SIMBADdata

β Microscopii, Latinised as Beta Microscopii, is a star in the constellation Microscopium. Its apparent magnitude is 6.06.[1] Located around 480 ± 20 light-years distant,[2] it shines with a luminosity approximately 66 times that of the Sun and has a surface temperature of 8586 K.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 SIMBAD, Beta Microscopii (accessed 25 March 2015)
  2. 1 2 van Leeuwen, F. (2007). "Validation of the New Hipparcos Reduction". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 474 (2): 653–64. Bibcode:2007A&A...474..653V. arXiv:0708.1752 Freely accessible. doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20078357.
  3. ↑ McDonald, I.; Zijlstra, A. A.; Boyer, M. L. (2012). "Fundamental Parameters and Infrared Excesses of Hipparcos Stars". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 427 (1): 343–57. Bibcode:2012MNRAS.427..343M. arXiv:1208.2037 Freely accessible. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2012.21873.x.
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