Beta Scuti
Binary star system in Scutum with a G-type bright giant primary.
Beta Scuti, Latinized from β Scuti, is a binary star system in the southern constellation Scutum, located roughly 670 light years from the Sun. It is a spectroscopic binary whose secondary was directly detected by the Navy Precision Optical Interferometer, enabling mass determination via dynamical parallax.
Quick Facts
- Apparent visual magnitude (primary)
- +4.22
- Spectral type (primary)
- G4 IIa
- Luminosity (primary)
- 1,315 L / 1,315,000 cc☉
- Effective temperature (primary)
- 4,951 K
- Angular diameter (primary)
- 2.121 milliarcseconds
- Orbital period
- 2.3 years
- Orbital eccentricity
- 0.35
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