42 Persei

Altitude: 46.2° Azimuth: 92.6° Direction: East

42 Persei is a variable main-sequence star in the constellation of Perseus.

42 Persei visual magnitude is 5.11. Because of its reltive faintness, 42 Persei 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 42 Persei:

Color of 42 Persei ⬤

Magnitude of 42 Persei 5.11

Class Main-sequence

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

42 Persei is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: 46.2°
Azimuth: 92.6°
Direction: East

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of 42 Persei

42 Persei is situated north of the celestial equator, as such, it is more easily visible from the northern hemisphere. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of 42 Persei are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 03h 49m 32s

Declination J2000 +33° 05’ 29”

Galactic Longitude 160.7°

Galactic Latitude -16.42°

Constellation Perseus

The simplified sky map below shows the position of 42 Persei in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for 42 Persei.

Visibility of 42 Persei from your location

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

Today's 42 Persei rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 56.9° RISE 12:51

Max altitude: 71.6° TRANSIT 22:28

Azimuth: 303.1° SET 8:08

Digitized Sky Survey image of 42 Persei

The image below is a photograph of 42 Persei 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 42 Persei is -0.029 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.001 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of 42 Persei. The red arrow shows the motion of 42 Persei during the next 10000 years (-4.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -0.17 arcmin in declination);

Distance of 42 Persei from the Sun and relative movement

42 Persei is distant 297.45 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 14 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 91.24 pc

Distance (light year) 297.45 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity -14 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.029 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec -0.001 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of 42 Persei

42 Persei belongs to spectral class A3 and has a luminosity class of V corresponding to a main-sequence star.

Absolute magnitude 0.31

Spectral Type A3V

Color Index (B-V) 0.07

Temperature of 42 Persei 9328K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 42 Persei is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 42 Persei. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of 42 Persei

Flamsteed designation 42 Persei

Henry Draper Catalogue HD23848

SAO Catalogue SAO56727

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP17886

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+32 667

General Catalogue of Variable Stars V467 Per

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