43 Cassiopeiae

Below the horizon. Rise: 6:40 | Tran: 9:35 | Set: 12:34

Alt: -21.75° Az: 337.69° Direction: North-North-West

43 Cassiopeiae is a variable hypergiant star of spectral class A0 in the constellation of Cassiopeia.

43 Cassiopeiae visual magnitude is 5.59. Because of its faintness, 43 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.

DSS2 image of 43 Cassiopeiae. The red arrow shows the motion of 43 Cassiopeiae during the next 10000 years (8.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 01h 44m 15s

Declination +68° 10’ 12”

Hour Angle 07h 14m 14s

Sidereal Time 08h 58m 29s

J2000

Right Ascension 01h 42m 20s

Declination +68° 02’ 35”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 127.68°

Galactic Latitude 5.64°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.59

Class Hypergiant

43 Cassiopeiae is also a SiSr chemically peculiar star.

Absolute magnitude -0.08

Spectral Type A0

Color Index (B-V) -0.07

Temperature 11092K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 43 Cassiopeiae is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 43 Cassiopeiae. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

43 Cassiopeiae is distant 444.14 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 5 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 136.24

Distance (light year) 444.14

Radial Speed 5 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.052 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.009"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 43 Cassiopeiae

Henry Draper Catalogue HD10221

SAO Catalogue SAO11919

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP7965

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+67 149

FK5 Catalogue 55

General Catalogue of Variable Stars V557 Cas

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 43 Cassiopeiae rise, transit and set times from Norsup, Vanuatu are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Pacific/Efate):

Azimuth: 21.8° RISE 6:40

Max altitude: 5.8° TRANSIT 9:35

Azimuth: 338.2° SET 12:34

Name:	Norsup, Vanuatu
Latitude:	16° 3' 55.4" S
Longitude:	167° 23' 49.2" E
Timezone:	Pacific/Efate

Set Location

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