List of stars in Mensa

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This is the list of notable stars in the constellation Mensa, sorted by decreasing brightness.

Name	Designation				Location		Magnitude		Dist. (ly)	Sp. class	Notes
Name	B	F	HD	HIP	RA	Dec	vis.	abs.	Dist. (ly)	Sp. class	Notes
α Men	α		43834	29271	06^h 10^m 14.20^s	−74° 45′ 09.1″	5.08	5.05	33	G5V
γ Men	γ		37763	25918	05^h 31^m 52.66^s	−76° 20′ 30.0″	5.18	2.73	101	K4III	double star
β Men	β		33285	23467	05^h 02^m 43.00^s	−71° 18′ 51.6″	5.30	−1.17	642	G8III
θ Men	θ		54239	33384	06^h 56^m 34.48^s	−79° 25′ 12.7″	5.45	0.26	356	B9.5V
κ Men	κ		40953	27566	05^h 50^m 16.80^s	−79° 21′ 41.5″	5.46	0.87	270	B9.5V
η Men	η		32440	22871	04^h 55^m 11.14^s	−74° 56′ 13.2″	5.47	−1.23	712	K6III
μ Men	μ		30612	21949	04^h 43^m 03.95^s	−70° 55′ 52.0″	5.53	−0.32	483	B9IV
ε Men	ε		60816	36039	07^h 25^m 38.19^s	−79° 05′ 39.1″	5.54	−0.24	466	K2/K3III
ζ Men	ζ		50506	31897	06^h 40^m 02.91^s	−80° 48′ 49.4″	5.61	0.14	404	A5III
π Men	π		39091	26394	05^h 37^m 08.79^s	−80° 28′ 18.0″	5.65	4.35	59	G3IV	has a planet
δ Men	δ		28525	20049	04^h 17^m 59.18^s	−80° 12′ 51.1″	5.67	0.19	408	K2/K3III+..	double star
			22676	16290	03^h 29^m 58.93^s	−78° 21′ 06.4″	5.68	0.81	307	G8III
ν Men	ν		29116	20297	04^h 20^m 58.03^s	−81° 34′ 48.8″	5.78	2.13	175	F0/F2III
WX Men			37993	26169	05^h 34^m 44.78^s	−73° 44′ 28.9″	5.79	−1.74	1045	M2/M3III	irregular variable, ΔV = 0.15^m
ξ Men	ξ		34172	23148	04^h 58^m 50.99^s	−82° 28′ 13.9″	5.84	0.69	349	G8III
ι Men	ι		38602	26264	05^h 35^m 36.13^s	−78° 49′ 15.2″	6.04	−0.90	795	B8III	rotating ellipsoidal variable, V_max = +6.00^m, V_min = +6.05^m, P = 5.288 d
			30479	21611	04^h 38^m 21.74^s	−77° 39′ 21.5″	6.05	−0.46	655	K2III
31 Men		31	39780	25776	05^h 30^m 13.93^s	−84° 47′ 06.8″	6.18	1.03	349	A1III + B9V:	TZ Men; Algol variable, V_max = +6.19^m, V_min = +6.87^m, P = 8.56898 d
			33875	23737	05^h 06^m 09.26^s	−73° 02′ 16.2″	6.26	0.69	423	A0V
			31975	22717	04^h 53^m 05.73^s	−72° 24′ 30.0″	6.28	3.72	106	F8V
			23474	16827	03^h 36^m 30.18^s	−78° 19′ 23.1″	6.29	−0.65	795	K2III
			33519	23251	05^h 00^m 13.29^s	−78° 18′ 00.0″	6.29	−1.30	1072	K5/M0III	optical double
			35184	24507	05^h 15^m 24.88^s	−73° 35′ 18.6″	6.49	1.28	359	A6V
λ Men	λ		39810	27369	05^h 47^m 48.15^s	−72° 42′ 08.3″	6.54	1.17	386	K0III
W Men					05^h 26^m 24.52^s	−71° 11′ 11.8″	13.8			F8:Iab:p	R CrB variable in LMC, V_max = +13.4^m, V_min = < +18.3^m