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16 Persei

Above the horizon.  Rise: 5:35 | Tran: 17:12 | Set: 4:53
Alt: 76.88°   Az: 186.00°   Direction: South

16 Persei is a variable and multiple giant star of spectral class F2 in the constellation of Perseus.

16 Persei visual magnitude is 4.23. Because of its moderate brightness, 16 Persei is easily visible to the naked eye from locations with dark skies, while it might be barely visible, or not visible at all, from light-polluted skies.

Image of 16 Persei star
DSS2 image of 16 Persei. The red arrow shows the motion of 16 Persei during the next 1000 years (3.28 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.75 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

02h 52m 10s
+38° 25’ 16”
00h 06m 56s
02h 59m 07s

J2000

02h 50m 35s
+38° 19’ 06”

Galactic Coordinates

147.25°
-18.86°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 16 Persei.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.23
Giant

1.27
F2III
7217K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 16 Persei is situated in the Hertzsprungā€“Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 16 Persei. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

16 Persei is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of small or medium telescopes. The table below shows key information about the 16 Persei double sysyem:

4.23
8.93
4.7
249.3 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

16 Persei is distant 127.64 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 14 kilometers per second.

39.15
127.64
14 km/s
0.197 arcsec/y
-0.105"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO55928
SAO55928

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 16 Persei rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 51.6°
Max altitude: 76.9°
Azimuth: 308.4°