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38 Cassiopeiae

Above the horizon.  Circumpolar today
Alt: 34.69°   Az: 345.93°   Direction: North-North-West

38 Cassiopeiae is a main-sequence star of spectral class F6 in the constellation of Cassiopeia.

38 Cassiopeiae visual magnitude is 5.81. Because of its faintness, 38 Cassiopeiae 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 38 Cassiopeiae star
DSS2 image of 38 Cassiopeiae. The red arrow shows the motion of 38 Cassiopeiae during the next 1000 years (2.28 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.28 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

01h 33m 06s
+70° 23’ 31”
09h 33m 42s
11h 06m 49s

J2000

01h 31m 13s
+70° 15’ 52”

Galactic Coordinates

126.3°
7.65°

Finder Chart

Finder chart 38 Cassiopeiae star
Simplified finder chart for 38 Cassiopeiae.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.81
Main-sequence

3.48
F6V
6528K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 38 Cassiopeiae is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 38 Cassiopeiae. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

38 Cassiopeiae is distant 95.35 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 5 kilometers per second.

29.25
95.35
5 km/s
0.137 arcsec/y
-0.077"/y

Alternative Designations

38 Cassiopeiae
SAO4422
SAO4422

Visibility from Your Location

38 Cassiopeiae is circumpolar and transits at 22:06 UTC (altitude: 71.1°)