Mu Cephei (Latinized from μ Cephei, abbreviated Mu Cep or μ Cep), also known as Herschel's Garnet Star, Erakis, or HD 206936, is a red supergiant or hypergiant...
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Cepheus (constellation) (redirect from Cephei)
hypergiant, together with the red supergiants Mu Cephei, MY Cephei, VV Cephei, V381 Cephei, and V354 Cephei are among the largest stars known. In addition...
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yellow hypergiant that is one of the brightest to the naked eye; and Mu Cephei (Herschel's "Garnet Star"), one of the largest and brightest stars known...
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Semiregular variable star (redirect from Mu Cephei variable)
In astronomy, a semiregular variable star, a type of variable star, is a giant or supergiant of intermediate and late (cooler) spectral type showing considerable...
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described the four red supergiant stars, KW Sagittarii, V354 Cephei, KY Cygni and Mu Cephei as the largest and most luminous galactic red supergiants with...
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examples of stars in this mass range include Antares, Spica, Gamma Velorum, Mu Cephei, and members of the Quintuplet Cluster. Type Ia supernova progenitors...
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massive Population III stars. Such stars would dwarf VY Canis Majoris, Mu Cephei and RSGC1-F01, four among the largest known modern stars. Once the black...
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Tsuji, T. (2000). "Water on the Early M Supergiant Stars α Orionis and μ Cephei". The Astrophysical Journal. 538 (2): 801–07. Bibcode:2000ApJ...538..801T...
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than other famous red supergiants such as Antares A, Betelgeuse, VV Cephei A, Mu Cephei, VY Canis Majoris, WOH G64, and UY Scuti. Nevertheless, its size...
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due to their large size. Red supergiants like Betelgeuse, Antares, Mu Cephei, VV Cephei, and VY Canis Majoris one of the biggest stars in the Universe, are...
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cooler stars and even detected in giant hot stars such as Betelgeuse, Mu Cephei, Antares and Arcturus. Circumstellar disks: including those of more than...
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– Beta Andromedae M2III – Chi Pegasi M1-M2Ia-Iab – Betelgeuse M2Ia – Mu Cephei ("Herschel's garnet") A number of new spectral types have been taken into...
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notably includes evolved blue and red supergiants such as Nu Cephei, Mu Cephei, and VV Cephei. van Leeuwen, F. (2007), "Validation of the new Hipparcos reduction"...
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J004731.12+422749.1 275,000 – VY Canis Majoris 270,000 3,490 M3–M4.5 Mu Cephei 269,000+111,000 −40,000 3750 M2 Ia LGGS J004428.48+415130.9 269,000 M1I...
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(Alpha Indi) and The Head of Hydrus (Alpha Hydri), Herschel's Garnet Star (Mu Cephei), Barnard's Star, etc. During the 12th century the Byzantines provided...
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by even larger red supergiants, such as VY Canis Majoris or VV Cephei A and Mu Cephei. Antares, like the similarly sized red supergiant Betelgeuse in...
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of spectra in 1942 revealed RW Cephei to be a highly luminous hypergiant star, appearing more luminous than Mu Cephei. More detailed spectral studies...
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of the Sun. These are hence also referred to as red hypergiants: Mu Cephei VV Cephei A NML Cygni S Persei UY Scuti VY Canis Majoris Westerlund 1 W26 WOH...
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Uranus () features the capital initial letter of Herschel's surname. Mu Cephei is also known as Herschel's Garnet Star Herschel, a crater on the Moon...
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composed of carbon and oxygen. It is a semiregular variable star of the Mu Cephei type, whose apparent magnitude varies between 3.3 and 4.0 with periods...
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design spiral galaxy observed), globular cluster NGC 2808, red giant star Mu Cephei, and the Andromeda Galaxy. Barnard's Star (nearby red dwarf star) may...
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Sirius 4. Sirius < Pollux < Arcturus < Aldebaran 5. Aldebaran < Rigel < Antares < Betelgeuse 6. Betelgeuse < Mu Cephei < VV Cephei A < VY Canis Majoris....
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Size comparison of Betelgeuse, Mu Cephei, KY Cygni, and V354 Cephei, according to estimates derived in 2005...
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Size comparison of Betelgeuse, Mu Cephei, KY Cygni, and V354 Cephei according to Emily Levesque's publication...
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Omega Centauri. Named after Charles Fehrenbach. Herschel's Garnet Star is Mu Cephei, a red supergiant particularly remarkable for its deep red color, first...
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few bow shock-producing red supergiant stars, along with Betelgeuse and Mu Cephei. Unlike the other two, the bow shock is visible in visible light. Its...
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Cepheus. The star Zeta Cephei is specifically named after him. A famous presentation of the story is available in the Tale of King Mu, Son of Heaven. Another...
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most luminous galactic red supergiants, which includes V354 Cephei, KY Cygni and Mu Cephei. More recently, KW Sagittarii was calculated to have a lower...
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exploded as supernovae. Mu Cephei, Nu Cephei, and NGC 7160 may have been companions of those stars. It has been suggested that Lambda Cephei and 68 Cygni are...
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Majoris, B-type supergiant, spectral type B3Ia Lambda Cephei, B-type supergiant, specteal type O6.5I(n)fp Mu Sagittarii, B-type supergiant, spectral type B8Iab(e)...
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