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19 Cephei

Above the horizon.  Circumpolar today
Alt: 47.73°   Az: 317.18°   Direction: North-West

19 Cephei is a multiple supergiant star of spectral class O9 in the constellation of Cepheus.

19 Cephei visual magnitude is 5.11. Because of its faintness, 19 Cephei 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 19 Cephei star
DSS2 image of 19 Cephei. The red arrow shows the motion of 19 Cephei during the next 100000 years (5.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

22h 05m 54s
+62° 24’ 02”
05h 22m 46s
03h 28m 40s

J2000

22h 05m 08s
+62° 16’ 48”

Galactic Coordinates

104.87°
5.39°

Finder Chart

Finder chart 19 Cephei star
Simplified finder chart for 19 Cephei.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.11
Supergiant

-6.00
O9I
9226K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 19 Cephei is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 19 Cephei. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

19 Cephei 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 19 Cephei double sysyem:

5.11
10.71
5.6
60.4 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

19 Cephei is distant 5,433.33 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 13 kilometers per second.

1,666.67
5,433.33
-13 km/s
0.003 arcsec/y

Alternative Designations

SAO19849
SAO19849

Visibility from Your Location

19 Cephei is circumpolar and transits at 22:32 UTC (altitude: 79.1°)