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25 Cephei

Above the horizon.  Circumpolar today
Alt: 47.59°   Az: 318.13°   Direction: North-West

25 Cephei is a giant star of spectral class K3 in the constellation of Cepheus.

25 Cephei visual magnitude is 5.75. Because of its faintness, 25 Cephei is visible to the naked eye only from locations with very dark skies, while it is not visible at all from skies affected by light pollution.

Image of 25 Cephei star
DSS2 image of 25 Cephei. The red arrow shows the motion of 25 Cephei during the next 10000 years (7.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and 2.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

22h 19m 02s
+62° 55’ 55”
05h 26m 09s
03h 45m 11s

J2000

22h 18m 12s
+62° 48’ 15”

Galactic Coordinates

106.41°
4.96°

Finder Chart

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.75
Giant

-0.88
K3III
4194K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 25 Cephei is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 25 Cephei. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

25 Cephei is distant 689.22 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 2 kilometers per second.

211.42
689.22
-2 km/s
0.046 arcsec/y
0.015"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO19991
SAO19991

Visibility from Your Location

25 Cephei is circumpolar and transits at 06:22 UTC (altitude: 78.5°)