Mu Cephei photograph

Mu Cephei

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Radius876. 6 million km (1,260 R☉)
Surface temperature3,690 K
Age10. 0 ± 0. 1 Myr
U−B color index+2. 42
Distance2,840 ly; (870 pc)
Proper motion (μ)RA: 2. 740±0. 884 mas/yr; Dec. : −5. 941±0. 922 mas/yr
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ID2229489
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About Mu Cephei


Mu Cephei is visually nearly 100,000 times brighter than the Sun, with an absolute visual magnitude of −7. 6. It is also one of the largest known stars with an estimated radius over 1,000 times that of the sun, and were it placed in the Sun's position it would reach between the orbit of Jupiter and Saturn.

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