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Mu Persei
Star in the constellation Perseus
Mu Persei, Latinised from μ Persei, is a binary star system in the northern constellation of Perseus. It is visible to the naked eye as a point of light with a combined apparent visual magnitude of +4.16.[2] The distance to this system is approximately 900 light-years based on parallax measurements.[1] It is drifting further away with a radial velocity of +26 km/s.[6]
Mu Persei is a spectroscopic binary with an orbital period of 284 days and an eccentricity of about 0.06.[7] The primary component is a yellow G-type supergiant star. With an effective temperature of about 5,400 K and a radius of 53 solar radii, this star has the luminosity of about 2,030 times that of the Sun.[8] The companion is a B-type star with a class of B9.5[4]
Mu Persei is moving through the galaxy at a speed of 35.6 km/s relative to the Sun. Its projected galactic orbit carries it between 23,900 and 32,400 light-years from the center of the galaxy.[12]
Mu Persei came closest to the Sun 5.6 million years ago when it had brightened to magnitude 3.25 from a distance of 600 light-years.[12]