β-Mic (Star)

R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.

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From Fairfield , β-Mic is not readily observable since it lies so far south that it will never rise more than 15° above the horizon.

Name β-Mic
Object type Star
Other names
β-Mic
Beta Microscopii
HR 7979[1]
HD 198529
HIP 102989[3]
TYC 7462-1491-1[2]
Gaia EDR3- 6781590259003317248[4]
Position
Right ascension:20h51m58s [4]
Declination:−33°10'40" [4]
Constellation:Microscopium
Magnitude:6.05 (V) [2]
6.08 (BT) [2]
6.06 (VT) [2]
6.05 (G) [4]
6.06 (BP) [4]
5.99 (RP) [4]
Distance:153.8 parsec
501.4 lightyrs [4]
B-V Color (mag):0.02
Proper motion (speed):9.5 mas/yr[4]
Proper motion (pos ang):125.8°
Derived quantities
Absolute mag (V):0.12

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