24 Persei

Altitude: 61.3° Azimuth: 111.7° Direction: East-South-East

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

24 Persei visual magnitude is 4.93. Because of its moderate brightness, 24 Persei should be easily visible from locations with dark skyes, while it can be barely visible, or not visible at all, from skyes affected by light pollution.

The table below summarizes the key facts about 24 Persei:

Color of 24 Persei ⬤

Magnitude of 24 Persei 4.93

Class Giant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

24 Persei is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: 61.3°
Azimuth: 111.7°
Direction: East-South-East

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of 24 Persei

24 Persei is situated north of the celestial equator, as such, it is more easily visible from the northern hemisphere. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of 24 Persei are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 02h 59m 03s

Declination J2000 +35° 10’ 59”

Galactic Longitude 150.45°

Galactic Latitude -20.78°

Constellation Perseus

The simplified sky map below shows the position of 24 Persei in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for 24 Persei.

Visibility of 24 Persei from your location

Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London

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

Azimuth: 54.8° RISE 11:43

Max altitude: 73.7° TRANSIT 21:49

Azimuth: 305.2° SET 7:59

Digitized Sky Survey image of 24 Persei

The image below is a photograph of 24 Persei from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2 - see the credits section) taken in the red channel. The area of sky represented in the image is 0.5x0.5 degrees (30x30 arcmins). The proper motion of 24 Persei is -0.046 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and 0.006 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

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);

Distance of 24 Persei from the Sun and relative movement

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 pc

Distance (light year) 350.16 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity -36 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.046 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec 0.006 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of 24 Persei

24 Persei belongs to spectral class K2 and has a luminosity class of III corresponding to a giant star.

Absolute magnitude -0.23

Spectral Type K2III

Color Index (B-V) 1.23

Temperature of 24 Persei 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

Alternative designations of 24 Persei

Flamsteed designation 24 Persei

Henry Draper Catalogue HD18449

SAO Catalogue SAO56052

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP13905

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+34 550

FK5 Catalogue 1082

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