| 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 |
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.
| Millennium
Star Atlas Vol III Chart 1072
Sky Atlas 2000 Chart 3 Uranometria 2000 Vol I Chart 57 |
