Mu Cephei name was known as “Garnet Star” because of it’s deep red color.

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Mu Cephei Carliyah Stovall Mrs. Hirtz

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Mu CepheiCarliyah Stovall

Mrs. Hirtz

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Mu Cephei

Mu Cephei name was known as “Garnet Star” because of it’s deep red color.

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This star is a famous variable star the brightness is four times greater than it’s maximum.

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http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_far_is_Mu_Cephei

1,550 light years away estimates place it at about 573 parsecs which equates to about 1,900 light years from us.

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2536 times the solar radius. Would fill the orbit of Saturn. http://www.windows2universe.org/the_universe/MuCephi.html

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38,000 times brighter than the sun.

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Mu Cephei is the famous "Garnet Star", so named by Sir William Herschel for its vivid red, even noticeable in binoculars (if somewhat http://www.dibonsmith.com/cep_m.htmmore so in telescopes).

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By Carliyah Stovall