Nu Microscopii
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| Observation data Epoch J2000.0 Equinox J2000.0 (ICRS) |
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|---|---|
| Constellation | Microscopium |
| Right ascension | 20h 33m 55.07245s .[1] |
| Declination | −44° 30′ 57.7709″ [1] |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 5.12 |
| Characteristics | |
| Spectral type | KOIII |
| Astrometry | |
| Parallax (π) | 13.94 ± 0.34[2] mas |
| Distance | 234 ± 6 ly (72 ± 2 pc) |
| Other designations | |
Nu Microscopii is a star in the constellation Microscopium. It is an orange giant star of spectral type K0III and apparent magnitude is 5.13.[1] Located around 258 light-years distant, it shines with a luminosity approximately 52 times that of the Sun and has a surface temperature of 4834 K.[3]
It was first catalogued as Nu Indi by the French explorer and astronomer Nicolas Louis de Lacaille in 1756, before being reclassified in Microscopium and given its current Bayer designation of Nu Microscopii by Gould.[4]
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