38 Cassiopeiae

Altitude: 68.1° Azimuth: 22.1° Direction: North-North-East

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

38 Cassiopeiae visual magnitude is 5.81. Because of its reltive faintness, 38 Cassiopeiae 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 38 Cassiopeiae:

Color of 38 Cassiopeiae ⬤

Magnitude of 38 Cassiopeiae 5.81

Class Main-sequence

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

38 Cassiopeiae is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: 68.1°
Azimuth: 22.1°
Direction: North-North-East

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of 38 Cassiopeiae

38 Cassiopeiae 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 38 Cassiopeiae are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 01h 31m 13s

Declination J2000 +70° 15’ 52”

Galactic Longitude 126.3°

Galactic Latitude 7.65°

Constellation Cassiopeia

The simplified sky map below shows the position of 38 Cassiopeiae in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for 38 Cassiopeiae.

Visibility of 38 Cassiopeiae from your location

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

38 Cassiopeiae is circumpolar and transits at 01:16 UTC (altitude: 71.2°)

Digitized Sky Survey image of 38 Cassiopeiae

The image below is a photograph of 38 Cassiopeiae 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 38 Cassiopeiae is 0.137 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.077 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 1000 years is represented with the red arrow.

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);

Distance of 38 Cassiopeiae from the Sun and relative movement

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.

Distance (parsec) 29.25 pc

Distance (light year) 95.35 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity 5 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.137 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec -0.077 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of 38 Cassiopeiae

38 Cassiopeiae belongs to spectral class F6 and has a luminosity class of V corresponding to a main-sequence star.

Absolute magnitude 3.48

Spectral Type F6V

Color Index (B-V) 0.47

Temperature of 38 Cassiopeiae 6528K

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

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

Alternative designations of 38 Cassiopeiae

Flamsteed designation 38 Cassiopeiae

Henry Draper Catalogue HD9021

SAO Catalogue SAO4422

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP7078

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+69 102

FK5 Catalogue 1042

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