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29 Persei

Above the horizon.  Circumpolar today
Alt: 13.54°   Az: 14.44°   Direction: South

29 Persei is a main-sequence star of spectral class B3 in the constellation of Perseus.

29 Persei visual magnitude is 5.15. Because of its faintness, 29 Persei 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 29 Persei star
DSS2 image of 29 Persei. The red arrow shows the motion of 29 Persei during the next 10000 years (4.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -4.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

03h 20m 27s
+50° 18’ 48”
13h 29m 14s
16h 49m 41s

J2000

03h 18m 37s
+50° 13’ 19”

Galactic Coordinates

145.6°
-6.06°

Finder Chart

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.15
Main-sequence

-0.90
B3V
10941K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 29 Persei is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 29 Persei. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

29 Persei is distant 527.51 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 4 kilometers per second.

161.81
527.51
-4 km/s
0.029 arcsec/y
-0.026"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO23944
SAO23944

Visibility from Your Location

29 Persei is circumpolar and transits at 09:17 UTC (altitude: 88.8°)