24 Cephei
Above the horizon.
Circumpolar today
Alt: 36.91°
Az: 13.78°
Direction: North-North-East
24 Cephei is a bright giant star of spectral class G7 in the constellation of Cepheus.
24 Cephei visual magnitude is 4.79. Because of its moderate brightness, 24 Cephei 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.
DSS2 image of 24 Cephei. The red arrow shows the motion of 24 Cephei during the next
10000 years (5.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.50 arcmin in declination);
Celestial Coordinates
Apparent
J2000
Galactic Coordinates
Finder Chart
Simplified finder chart for 24 Cephei.
Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class
Simplified finder chart for 24 Cephei.
The red dot in the diagram below shows where 24 Cephei is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.
H-R diagram showing the position of 24 Cephei.
Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA
Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion
24 Cephei is distant 377.31 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 15 kilometers per second.
Alternative Designations
Visibility from Your Location
24 Cephei is circumpolar and transits at 20:46 UTC (altitude: 69.0°)