Beta Muscae
Binary star system in Musca, second brightest in the constellation.
Beta Muscae, also known by its Latin designation β Muscae, is a binary star system located in the southern circumpolar constellation Musca. With a combined apparent magnitude of 3.07, it ranks as the second brightest star system in that constellation. It sits roughly 105 ± 4 parsecs from Earth and belongs to the Scorpius–Centaurus association. The system is classified as a runaway star because it moves at a high peculiar velocity of 43.9 km/s relative to the normal rotation of the galaxy.
Quick Facts
- Combined apparent magnitude
- 3.07
- Distance
- 105 ± 4 pc
- Orbital period
- 194 years
- Orbital eccentricity
- 0.6
- Peculiar velocity
- 43.9 km (27.3 mi) s−1
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