Mu Mensae
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Mu Mensae is a blue giant
star in the constellation Mensa
. It has an apparent magnitude
of +5.52 and is 148.1 parsecs or 483 light-years from the Sun.
Blue giant
In astronomy, a blue giant is a star with a spectral type of O or B and a luminosity class of III...
star in the constellation Mensa
Mensa (constellation)
Mensa is a constellation in the southern sky, created in the 18th century. Its name is Latin for table. It covers a keystone-shaped wedge of sky stretching from approximately 4h to 7.5h of right ascension, and −71 to −85.5 degrees of declination. Other than the south polar constellation...
. It has an apparent magnitude
Apparent magnitude
The apparent magnitude of a celestial body is a measure of its brightness as seen by an observer on Earth, adjusted to the value it would have in the absence of the atmosphere...
of +5.52 and is 148.1 parsecs or 483 light-years from the Sun.