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26 Cephei

Above the horizon.  Circumpolar today
Alt: 65.47°   Az: 40.55°   Direction: North-East

26 Cephei is a hypergiant star of spectral class B0 in the constellation of Cepheus.

26 Cephei visual magnitude is 5.46. Because of its faintness, 26 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 26 Cephei star
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);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

22h 27m 53s
+65° 15’ 38”
21h 19m 22s
19h 47m 16s

J2000

22h 27m 05s
+65° 07’ 55”

Galactic Coordinates

108.5°
6.39°

Finder Chart

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.46
Hypergiant

-3.99
B0I
7044K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

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.

775.19
2,527.13
-15 km/s
0.001 arcsec/y
-0.002"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO20075
SAO20075

Visibility from Your Location

26 Cephei is circumpolar and transits at 13:16 UTC (altitude: 76.2°)