| Garnet
Star |
Very
Red Star
Mu
Cep, Mu Cep, GCVS 6454, HR 8316, HD 206936, SAO 33693, PPM
39787,
HIP
107259, BD +58 02316, GC 30440, ADS 15271, TYC 03979-1616 1,
GSC 03979-1616
Visual
Magnitude: 4.2
Distance: 5300 ly
Minimum
requirements to view: unaided eye and suburban sky |
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Red star fans will enjoy
coming back to this one again and again. Dubbed the Garnet Star by
none other than William Herschel, it is bright and relatively easy
to find, located between Alderamin and Zeta Cep.
An M2 supergiant and
semiregular variable star, the Garnet Star varies between 3.43 and
5.10 magnitude over the course of 730 days. The brightness of this
star changes as it pulsates. At a distance of about 5300 light
years, it must be extremely bright intrinsically.
To my eye the Garnet
star looks distinctly orange red.
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Millennium
Star Atlas Vol III Chart 1072
Sky
Atlas 2000 Chart 3
Uranometria
2000 Vol I Chart 57 |
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