24 Persei

Above the horizon. Rise: 0:13 | Tran: 10:24 | Set: 20:32

Alt: 55.78° Az: 258.59° Direction: West-South-West

24 Persei is a giant star of spectral class K2 in the constellation of Perseus.

24 Persei visual magnitude is 4.93. Because of its moderate brightness, 24 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.

DSS2 image of 24 Persei. The red arrow shows the motion of 24 Persei during the next 10000 years (-7.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and 1.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 03h 00m 38s

Declination +35° 16’ 59”

Hour Angle 02h 49m 55s

Sidereal Time 05h 50m 34s

J2000

Right Ascension 02h 59m 03s

Declination +35° 10’ 59”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 150.45°

Galactic Latitude -20.78°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 4.93

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude -0.23

Spectral Type K2III

Color Index (B-V) 1.23

Temperature 4251K

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

H-R diagram showing the position of 24 Persei. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

24 Persei is distant 350.16 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 36 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 107.41

Distance (light year) 350.16

Radial Speed -36 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.046 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.006"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 24 Persei

Henry Draper Catalogue HD18449

SAO Catalogue SAO56052

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP13905

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+34 550

FK5 Catalogue 1082

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 24 Persei rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 54.7° RISE 0:13

Max altitude: 73.8° TRANSIT 10:24

Azimuth: 305.3° SET 20:32

Set Location

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