giant · A1III
Miaplacidus
Miaplacidus is a blue-white giant (spectral type A1III) about 113 light-years away. With an apparent magnitude of 1.67 it is a very bright, conspicuous star.
The second-brightest star in the constellation Carina (the Keel).
Its light output is roughly 220 times that of the Sun (a rough estimate in visible light, calculated from brightness and distance).
It is never visible from Germany, as it lies too far south.
Key facts
- Distance
- ≈ 113 light-years
- Spectral type
- A1III (giant)
- Colour
- Blue-white
- Apparent magnitude
- 1.67 mag
- Luminosity
- ≈ 220 × Sun
- Position
- Right ascension 9h 13m, declination -69.7°
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Data: Hipparcos / HYG catalogue (CC BY-SA 4.0). Luminosity and visibility are calculated estimates.