Pipirima

HR 6252 · HIP 82545 · μ2 Sco

👁️ Naked-eye

📋 A written introduction is coming — for now this page shows official values only.

Star

Apparent magnitude: 3.542 mag
Parallax: 6.88 mas → about 474.1 light-years away
Spectral type: B2IV
Right ascension: 253.0839°
Declination: -38.0175°
Designation: HR 6252
Bayer designation: μ2 Sco
HIP number: 82545
IAU name adopted: 2017-09-05
Name language: Tahitian
Name origin (IAU): There are many versions of a widespread Polynesian story of two children fleeing their uncaring parents to become two shining stars, the stars themselves being variously recorded as Castor and Pollux (α and β Gem), Shaula and Lesath (λ and υ Sco), ζ and θ Sco, and µ¹ and µ² Sco as well as [possibly] ω¹ and ω² Sco. In Tahiti, Pipiri was the twin brother of Rehua: Pipiri ma refers to the two together, ma "with, and" being used after names to mean "et al.". Calderon identifies the two children as µ¹ and µ² Sco, their mother being Shaula (λ Sco) and their father Lesath (υ Sco).

Constellation

Light from this object takes about 474 years to reach Earth — the light you see tonight left around AD 1552 (official distance ÷ speed of light).
At magnitude 3.5 it is bright enough for the naked eye (limit about 6) — look from somewhere dark.
Declination -38° — it rises above the horizon in Seoul (37.6° N), so it is visible from Korea in the right season.

Worked out from this object's official values.