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Mu
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Mu Pictoris is a blue-white binary some 757 light-years away: its primary is a B9 Be star, possibly somewhat evolved and spinning so fast that it flattens itself. It pulses photometrically every 0.397 days, a period likely matching its rotation. A younger sister of Beta Pictoris in the same Easel, quiet but rapid in its spin.
- Constellation
- Pictor
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.69
- Distance
- 756.8 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 97.993° · Dec -58.754°
- Catalogue
- HIP 31137 · HD 46860
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