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Sunrise: 5:13 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:39
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13 Cassiopeiae

Above the horizon.  Circumpolar today
Alt: 31.94°   Az: 17.42°   Direction: North-North-East

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.

Image of 13 Cassiopeiae star
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

00h 32m 54s
+66° 39’ 33”
14h 39m 29s
15h 12m 23s

J2000

00h 31m 25s
+66° 31’ 09”

Galactic Coordinates

120.94°
3.73°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 13 Cassiopeiae.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.18
Main-sequence

-0.53
B6V
11573K

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

HR 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.

219.78
716.48
-10 km/s
0.023 arcsec/y
-0.006"/y

Alternative Designations

13 Cassiopeiae
SAO11243
SAO11243

Visibility from Your Location

13 Cassiopeiae is circumpolar and transits at 09:11 UTC (altitude: 74.8°)