Alpha Scuti
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Properties
With a stellar classification of K3 III, the spectrum indicates it is an evolved giant star of type K. Alpha Scuti is a suspected variable star with magnitude range reported as 3.81 to 3.87. The star has an estimated 1.33 times the mass of the Sun, but the outer envelope has expanded to 20 times the Sun's radius. It is radiating 186 times the Sun's luminosity from its inflated photosphere at an effective temperature of 4,315 K.