Mu Cephei (Latinized from μ Cephei, abbreviated Mu Cep or μ Cep), also known as the Garnet Star, is a red supergiant star in the constellation Cepheus. It appears garnet red and is located …

Mar 30, 2020 · The Garnet Star, Mu Cephei (μ Cep), is a red supergiant located in the constellation Cepheus. With an average apparent magnitude of 4.08, it is the 10th brightest …

Mu Cep is a slow semiregular variable that is easily visible to the unaided eye in suburban skies when at its maximum brightness of magnitude 3.4, but may be a little more challenging at its …

Mu Cephei is magnitude 4.08 in the V band so it visible to the naked eye, but just barely from most urban locations. Observing the star with a telescope or binoculars reveals the striking red …

Mu Cephei, also known as Herschel 's Garnet Star due to its red, garnet -like color, is a red hypergiant star in the Cepheus constellation. With a radius between 1,260 and 1,420 solar …

Mu Cephei -- the Garnet -- has a magnificence all out of proportion to its seemingly fainter status. As a red class M (M2, but which has also been classed M1) bright supergiant with a low …

μ Cephei is a variable and multiple supergiant star of spectral class M2 in the constellation of Cepheus. μ Cephei visual magnitude is 4.08. Because of its moderate brightness, μ Cephei is …

Dec 2, 2020 · Mu Cephei, also known as the Garnet Star, is a red supergiant star in the constellation Cepheus. It’s best viewed in autumn. The Garnet Star lies more than 2,000 light …

Mu Cephei (or "miu Cep") is a bright, red semiregular supergiant (type SRc) star, varying between 3rd and 6th magnitude. It was dubbed "The Garnet Star" by William Herschel in 1783, and has …

Often called “Herschel’s Garnet Star” (honoring both this cool, red star and William Herschel, who discovered infrared radiation), the color of this 4th-magnitude star, easily found in the …