Primary Beta Scuti A Magnitude 4.22 Apparent magnitude (V) 4.22 | Companion Bet Scuti B Constellation Scutum | |
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Similar Alpha Scuti, Delta Scuti, Lambda Aquilae, NGC 6712, IC 1295 | ||
Beta Scuti (β Sct, β Scuti) is a star in the constellation Scutum. It is approximately 920 light years from Earth. The primary star is radiating about 1,270 times the luminosity of the Sun from its outer atmosphere at an effective temperature of 4,622 K. The star is a yellow G-type bright giant with an apparent magnitude of +4.22.
It is a spectroscopic binary with an orbit of 2.3 years and eccentricity around 0.35; the secondary is about 3.3 magnitudes dimmer than the primary and estimated as type B9.
Beta Scuti was a latter designation of 6 Aquilae.
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