Subj : Stargazing News - August 18th, 2024
To   : All
From : CJ
Date : Sat Aug 17 2024 07:53:42

Sunday, August 18, 2024 

Herschel's Garnet Star (all night)

The Garnet Star, otherwise known as Erakis or Mu Cephei, is a 4th-
magnitude naked-eye star located just 1.5 degrees outside of the southern edge
of box-shaped Cepheus. This remarkable star is well worth a look in backyard
telescopes where its extremely red colour stands in contrast to the
surrounding stars. A red hypergiant, M2-class star, Mu Cephei emits about
100,000 times more light than our sun in visible wavelengths, allowing us to
see it well despite its 2,800 light-year distance. If exchanged with our sun,
all the planets inside the orbit of Saturn would find themselves inside the
star!

(Data courtesy of Starry Night)
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