Epsilon Mensae

Epsilon Mensae, Latinized to ε Mensae, is a single star in the southern circumpolar constellation Mensa. It has an apparent magnitude of 5.52, making it faintly visible to the naked eye under ideal conditions. The object has a heliocentric radial velocity of, meaning it is receding from the Solar System, and is estimated to be 454 light years away.
Epsilon Mensae has a stellar classification of K2/3 III — intermediate between a K2 and K3 giant star. It has 115% the mass of the Sun and an enlarged radius of. It shines at 170 times the luminosity of the Sun from its photosphere at an effective temperature of, giving it an orange glow. Epsilon Mensae has a metallicity 49% that of the Sun and is believed to be a member of the young disk population. It spins leisurely with a projected rotational velocity of about.