Theta2 Microscopii (θ2 Mic) is a class A0III (white giant)
star
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Microscopium. Its apparent magnitude is 5.76 and it is approximately 390 light years away based on parallax. It is an Ap star, a chemically peculiar star with unusually strong metallic spectral lines.
The main star is known to be a binary, with two components A (6.24 mag) and B (6.88 mag) orbiting with a semimajor axis of 0.836" and eccentricity 0.201, with a period 464.66 years.Vizier catalog entry /ref> A more distant companion, C, has a separation around 78.4" and magnitude 10.3.Vizier catalog entry /ref>