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42 Persei

Altitude: -4.1°   Azimuth: 345.4°   Direction: North-North-West

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 skies, while it is not visible at all from skies affected by light pollution.

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.

Image of 42 Persei star
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);

Key facts about 42 Persei

5.11
Main-sequence

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

Altitude: -4.1°
Azimuth: 345.4°
Direction: North-North-West

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:

03h 49m 32s
+33° 05’ 29”
160.7°
-16.42°
Perseus

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

Finder chart 42 Persei star
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°
Max altitude: 71.6°
Azimuth: 303.1°

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.

91.24 pc
297.45 ly
-14 km/s
-0.029 arcsec/year
-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.

0.31
A3V
9328K

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

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

Alternative designations of 42 Persei

SAO56727
SAO56727