Mu

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μ Mensae inhabits the Table, a very faint southern constellation named after South Africa's Table Mountain. It is a bright blue-white giant of type B8 about 491 light-years away, solitary, right at the limit of naked-eye visibility. Under dark skies it appears as a cold, steady point above the region that brushes the Large Magellanic Cloud.

Constellation: Mensa
Apparent magnitude: 5.53
Distance: 491.3 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 70.766° · Dec -70.931°
Catalogue: HIP 21949 · HD 30612

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