β-Men (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Fairfield , β-Men is not observable because it lies so far south that it never rises above the horizon.
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Name
β-Men
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 05h02m42s [4] |
| Declination: | -71°18'51" [4] |
| Constellation: | Mensa |
| Magnitude: | 5.30 (V) [2] 6.57 (BT) [2] 5.41 (VT) [2] 5.04 (G) [4] 5.54 (BP) [4] 4.39 (RP) [4] |
| Distance: | 208.8 parsec 680.8 lightyrs [4] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 0.99 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 11.6 mas/yr[4] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 338.7° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | -1.30 |
Sources