11 Persei

Altitude: 17.0° Azimuth: 7.1° Direction: North

11 Persei is a giant star in the constellation of Perseus.

11 Persei visual magnitude is 5.77. Because of its reltive faintness, 11 Persei should be visible only from locations with dark skyes, while it is not visible at all from skyes affected by light pollution.

The table below summarizes the key facts about 11 Persei:

Color of 11 Persei ⬤

Magnitude of 11 Persei 5.77

Class Giant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

11 Persei is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: 17.0°
Azimuth: 7.1°
Direction: North

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of 11 Persei

11 Persei is situated north of the celestial equator, as such, it is more easily visible from the northern hemisphere. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of 11 Persei are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 02h 43m 02s

Declination J2000 +55° 06’ 20”

Galactic Longitude 138.51°

Galactic Latitude -4.35°

Constellation Perseus

The simplified sky map below shows the position of 11 Persei in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for 11 Persei.

Visibility of 11 Persei from your location

Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London

11 Persei is circumpolar and transits at 09:44 UTC (altitude: 86.4°)

Digitized Sky Survey image of 11 Persei

The image below is a photograph of 11 Persei from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2 - see the credits section) taken in the red channel. The area of sky represented in the image is 0.5x0.5 degrees (30x30 arcmins). The proper motion of 11 Persei is 0.034 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.027 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of 11 Persei. The red arrow shows the motion of 11 Persei during the next 10000 years (5.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -4.50 arcmin in declination);

Distance of 11 Persei from the Sun and relative movement

11 Persei is distant 420.10 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 2 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 128.87 pc

Distance (light year) 420.10 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity -2 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.034 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec -0.027 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of 11 Persei

11 Persei belongs to spectral class B7 and has a luminosity class of III corresponding to a giant star. 11 Persei is also a Hg chemically peculiar star.

Absolute magnitude 0.22

Spectral Type B7III

Color Index (B-V) -0.13

Temperature of 11 Persei 12103K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 11 Persei is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 11 Persei. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of 11 Persei

Flamsteed designation 11 Persei

Henry Draper Catalogue HD16727

SAO Catalogue SAO23555

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP12692

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+54 598

FK5 Catalogue 2188

In Evidence

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