Garnet Star
Designations
- Bayer: μ Cep
- Hipparchos: HIP 107259
Data
- Constellation: Cepheus
- Apparent Magnitude: 3.20-5.40
- Variable Type: SRC
- Right Ascension (J2000): 21h43m32.89s
- Declination (J2000): +58°46'46".6
- Colour Index (B-V): 2.35
- Distance: 1,370±190ly
Nomenclature
Garnet Star
A rather giveaway name in English, it alludes the star's deep red, or garnet colour.
Erakis
Likely a mislabelling from from μ Dra to μ Cep, the name for the star was first attested in Antonín Bečvář's Atlas Coeli Skalnaté Pleso (see Alrakis (μ Dra)).