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Star in the constellation Norma

Mu Normae

Mu Normae
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Constellation
Norma
Right ascension
16h 34m 05.01936s
Declination
−44° 02′ 43.1206″
Apparent magnitude (V)
4.91 (4.87 - 4.98)
Spectral type
O9.7Iab
Apparent magnitude (U)
4.05
Apparent magnitude (B)
4.99
Apparent magnitude (J)
4.74
Apparent magnitude (H)
4.679
Apparent magnitude (K)
4.612
U−B color index
−0.84
B−V color index
+0.05
Variable type
Suspected α Cygni

μ Normae, Latinised as Mu Normae, is a blue supergiant star of spectral type O9.7 Iab, located in the constellation of Norma.

It shines as bright as 339,000 Suns and weighs more than 30 solar masses. It varies in visual magnitude between 4.87 and 4.98, and is suspected of being an Alpha Cygni variable, which are named after Deneb.

It is in the same direction and at the same distance as the faint open cluster NGC 6169, although it is brighter than the combined magnitude of all the other stars in the cluster. It was considered the prototype of the μ Normae class of open clusters by Collinder.

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