13 Cassiopeiae

Above the horizon. Circumpolar today

Alt: 48.03° Az: 323.88° Direction: North-West

13 Cassiopeiae is a main-sequence star of spectral class B6 in the constellation of Cassiopeia.

13 Cassiopeiae visual magnitude is 6.18. Because of its faintness, 13 Cassiopeiae is visible to the naked eye only from locations with very dark skies, while it is not visible at all from skies affected by light pollution.

DSS2 image of 13 Cassiopeiae. The red arrow shows the motion of 13 Cassiopeiae during the next 10000 years (3.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 00h 32m 52s

Declination +66° 39’ 21”

Hour Angle 05h 36m 38s

Sidereal Time 06h 09m 30s

J2000

Right Ascension 00h 31m 25s

Declination +66° 31’ 09”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 120.94°

Galactic Latitude 3.73°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for 13 Cassiopeiae.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.18

Class Main-sequence

Absolute magnitude -0.53

Spectral Type B6V

Color Index (B-V) -0.1

Temperature 11573K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 13 Cassiopeiae is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 13 Cassiopeiae. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

13 Cassiopeiae is distant 716.48 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 10 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 219.78

Distance (light year) 716.48

Radial Speed -10 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.023 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.006"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 13 Cassiopeiae

Henry Draper Catalogue HD2729

SAO Catalogue SAO11243

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP2474

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+65 67

Visibility from Your Location

13 Cassiopeiae is circumpolar and transits at 22:56 UTC (altitude: 74.8°)

Set Location

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