Mirfak

E554032

Mirfak is the brightest star in the constellation Perseus, a luminous supergiant visible to the naked eye in the northern sky.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Mirfak canonical 4

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Alpha Cygni variable ⓘ
star ⓘ
supergiant star ⓘ
belongsToStellarAssociation Alpha Persei Cluster ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Algenib (historical name) ⓘ
linked to: Algenib

Alpha Persei ⓘ
α Per ⓘ
linked to: Alpha Persei

α Persei ⓘ
linked to: Alpha Persei
hasApparentMagnitude 1.79 ⓘ
hasApparentMagnitudeV 1.79 ⓘ
hasBayerDesignation Alpha Persei ⓘ
hasBDNumber +49 01100 ⓘ
hasColorIndexB−V +0.48 ⓘ
hasColorIndexU−B +0.33 ⓘ
hasConstellation Perseus ⓘ
hasConstellationAbbreviation Per ⓘ
linked to: PER
hasDeclination +49° 51′ 40″ (J2000) ⓘ
hasDistanceFromEarth about 157 parsecs ⓘ
about 510 light-years ⓘ
hasEffectiveTemperature about 6,350 K ⓘ
hasFlamsteedDesignation 33 Persei ⓘ
hasGalacticLatitude −13.26° ⓘ
hasGalacticLongitude 146.46° ⓘ
hasHDNumber HD 20902 ⓘ
hasHIPNumber HIP 15863 ⓘ
hasHRNumber HR 1017 ⓘ
hasIAUProperName Mirfak ⓘ
hasLuminosity about 5,000 times solar luminosity ⓘ
hasMass about 8.5 solar masses ⓘ
hasNameOrigin Arabic ⓘ
hasParallax 6.44 milliarcseconds ⓘ
hasParallaxError 0.18 milliarcseconds ⓘ
hasProperMotionDec −26.25 mas/yr ⓘ
hasProperMotionRA +23.39 mas/yr ⓘ
hasRadialVelocity −2.6 km/s ⓘ
hasRadius about 60 solar radii ⓘ
hasRightAscension 03h 24m 19s (J2000) ⓘ
hasSAONumber SAO 24531 ⓘ
hasSpectralType F5 Ib ⓘ
hasVariableType Alpha Cygni variable ⓘ
isBrightestStarIn constellation Perseus ⓘ
isDominantStarOf Alpha Persei Cluster ⓘ
isPartOf constellation Perseus ⓘ
isReferenceStarFor Perseus constellation pattern ⓘ
isVisibleFromHemisphere Northern Hemisphere ⓘ
isVisibleTo naked eye ⓘ
nameMeaning "elbow" or "elbow of the Pleiades" in Arabic ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.