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Proper Name	Myla
Bayer Designation	Alpha Muscae
Flamsteed Number	None
HR (BSC)	4798
HD	109668
Constellation	Musca
Right Ascension	12h 37m 11s
Declination	-69° 8' 8"
Distance	315 light years 97 parsecs
Magnitude	Apparent: +2.7 Absolute: -2.2
Spectral Class	B2IV blue subgiant
Optimum Visibility	April (Usually visible from southern latitudes)

The brightest of the stars in Musca, the Fly, is a blue variable more than three hundred light years from Earth.

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