26 Cephei

26 Cephei is a hypergiant star in the constellation of Cepheus.

26 Cephei visual magnitude is 5.46. Because of its reltive faintness, 26 Cephei should be visible only from locations with dark skyes, while it is not visible at all from skyes affected by light pollution.

The table below summarizes the key facts about 26 Cephei:

Color of 26 Cephei ⬤

Magnitude of 26 Cephei 5.46

Class Hypergiant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW 26 Cephei is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom [change]. Altitude: 41°.

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of 26 Cephei

26 Cephei is situated close to the northern celestial pole and, as such, it is visible for most part of the year from the northern hemisphere. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of 26 Cephei are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 22h 27m 05s

Declination J2000 +65° 07’ 55”

Galactic Longitude 108.5°

Galactic Latitude 6.39°

Constellation Cepheus

The simplified sky map below shows the position of 26 Cephei in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for 26 Cephei.

Visibility of 26 Cephei from your location

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

26 Cephei is circumpolar and transits at 10:32 UTC (altitude: 76.3°)

Digitized Sky Survey image of 26 Cephei

The image below is a photograph of 26 Cephei 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 26 Cephei is 0.001 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.002 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 100000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of 26 Cephei. The red arrow shows the motion of 26 Cephei during the next 100000 years (1.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.33 arcmin in declination);

Distance of 26 Cephei from the Sun and relative movement

26 Cephei is distant 2,527.13 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 15 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 775.19 pc

Distance (light year) 2,527.13 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity -15 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.001 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec -0.002 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of 26 Cephei

26 Cephei belongs to spectral class B0 and has a luminosity class of I corresponding to a hypergiant star.

Absolute magnitude -3.99

Spectral Type B0I

Color Index (B-V) 0.37

Temperature of 26 Cephei 7044K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 26 Cephei is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 26 Cephei. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of 26 Cephei

Flamsteed designation 26 Cephei

Henry Draper Catalogue HD213087

SAO Catalogue SAO20075

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP110817

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+64 1664

FK5 Catalogue 3797

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