Star profile
Zeta 1 Musca
What is Zeta 1 Musca
ζ¹ Muscae sits within the small southern Fly, some 327 light-years away. It is an orange-tinted K-type star, suspected of having an unseen companion detected through its astrometric wobble. Its low brightness, magnitude 5.73, keeps it on the very edge of what the human eye can catch; southern observers find it 2.6° west of β Muscae.
Where it is and when to see it
Zeta 1 Musca lies in the southern celestial hemisphere. It is visible to the naked eye under a dark sky. Its best month of the year is May, when it culminates around midnight.
- From London it never rises above the horizon.
- From New York it never rises above the horizon.
- From Sydney it never sets and culminates about 56° up.
It can be seen from anywhere south of 22° N.
It ranks no. 22 in brightness among the 31 stars of Musca in our catalogue. To find it, start from Alpha Musca, the brightest: it lies about 2° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 330 years ago.
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Astronomical data for Zeta 1 Musca
- Constellation
- Musca
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.73
- Distance
- 326.9 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 185.550° · Dec -68.307°
- Catalogue
- HIP 60329 · HD 107567
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Other stars in Musca
Musca has 31 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.
- Alpha Musca2.69
- Beta Musca3.04
- Delta Musca3.61
- HIP 556575.55
- HIP 626085.55
- HIP 655225.65
- HIP 611815.88
- HIP 562875.89