★ Star Mu2 Scorpii | Nearby stars catalogue

Subgiant Mu2 Scorpii is located 615.4 light years away from the Sun. It is a single star of spectral class B2IV, that has 870 of solar mass. There are multiple known exoplanets in this system.

Mu2 Scorpii

Subgiant (spectral class B2IV)

Mass: 8.7 M Sun

Size: 7.0 R Sun

Temperature: 23113 K | 4 T Sun

Age: 0.018 billions years | 0 Sun

Luminosity: 2385 L Sun

Apparent magnitude (V): 3.565

2 exoplanets:

Mu2 Scorpii c	5881.3 M⊕	21 AU	0 days	unconfirmed
Mu2 Scorpii b	4577.9 M⊕	242.4 AU	0 days

Photometry

K
2.1

H
1.6

J
1.2

Grp
0.8

I
0.8

G
0.6

V
0.5

Gbp
0.5

B
0.4

U
0.3

More about Mu2 Scorpii

      Star Mu2 Scorpii can be found in southern celestial hemisphere, and it is possible to see it with naked eye. The star is observable also from Northern America, Europe and Asia.  Mu2 Scorpii is about 7 times bigger than the Sun and temperature in its outer envelope is around 23113 K (22840 °C), which is about 400 % of Suns temperature.

Other designations of this star
µ2 Sco, Pipirima, μ² Scorpii, CD−37° 11037, HD 151985, HIC 82545, HIP 82545, HR 6252, SAO 208116

External sources

Scientific studies
Submitted: 04. 05. 2022

A scaled-up planetary system around a supernova progenitor

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