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24 Cephei

Above the horizon.  Circumpolar today
Alt: 61.41°   Az: 26.57°   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.

Image of 24 Cephei star
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

22h 10m 17s
+72° 27’ 59”
20h 58m 57s
19h 09m 14s

J2000

22h 09m 48s
+72° 20’ 27”

Galactic Coordinates

111.28°
13.23°

Finder Chart

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.79
Bright giant

-0.53
G7II
4943K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 24 Cephei is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR 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.

115.74
377.31
-15 km/s
0.032 arcsec/y
0.003"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO10265
SAO10265

Visibility from Your Location

24 Cephei is circumpolar and transits at 06:01 UTC (altitude: 69.0°)