Pipirima

Mu-2

Hot blue star

Its story

Pipirima is a hot blue star in Scorpius, 474 light-years away, one of the components of the Mu Scorpii pair. Its name comes from Tahitian tradition: two rebellious brothers who, after disobeying their parents, were turned into twin stars and set in the southern sky as a warning. Its burning light crosses the Pacific before reaching our pupils, carrying that ancient moral with it.

Constellation: Scorpius
Apparent magnitude: 3.56
Distance: 474.1 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 253.084° · Dec -38.018°
Catalogue: HIP 82545 · HD 151985

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