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public  Manaloal, Philippines Manaloal, Philippines  ⓘ
TimezoneAsia/Manila
Sunrise: 5:28 
Transit: 11:43 
Sunset: 17:57
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24 Persei

Below the horizon.  Rise: 0:54 | Tran: 7:13 | Set: 13:36
Alt: -47.35°   Az: 0.67°   Direction: North

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.

Image of 24 Persei star
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

03h 00m 39s
+35° 17’ 00”
12h 02m 13s
15h 02m 52s

J2000

02h 59m 03s
+35° 10’ 59”

Galactic Coordinates

150.45°
-20.78°

Finder Chart

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.93
Giant

-0.23
K2III
4251K

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

HR 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.

107.41
350.16
-36 km/s
-0.046 arcsec/y
0.006"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO56052
SAO56052

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 24 Persei rise, transit and set times from Manaloal, Philippines are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Asia/Manila):

Azimuth: 54.7°
Max altitude: 62.1°
Azimuth: 305.3°