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36 Persei

Above the horizon.  Circumpolar today
Alt: 83.17°   Az: 221.06°   Direction: South-West

36 Persei is a variable giant star of spectral class F4 in the constellation of Perseus.

36 Persei visual magnitude is 5.31. Because of its faintness, 36 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 36 Persei star
DSS2 image of 36 Persei. The red arrow shows the motion of 36 Persei during the next 10000 years (-9.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -13.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

03h 34m 11s
+46° 08’ 25”
00h 25m 52s
04h 00m 04s

J2000

03h 32m 26s
+46° 03’ 24”

Galactic Coordinates

149.87°
-8.22°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 36 Persei.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.31
Giant

2.50
F4III
6880K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 36 Persei is situated in the Hertzsprungā€“Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 36 Persei. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

36 Persei is distant 118.72 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 49 kilometers per second.

36.42
118.72
-49 km/s
-0.054 arcsec/y
-0.079"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO38924
SAO38924

Visibility from Your Location

36 Persei is circumpolar and transits at 17:54 UTC (altitude: 84.7°)