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43 Cassiopeiae

Above the horizon.  Circumpolar today
Alt: 44.45°   Az: 31.18°   Direction: North-North-East

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.

Image of 43 Cassiopeiae star
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

01h 44m 12s
+68° 10’ 02”
17h 34m 17s
19h 18m 29s

J2000

01h 42m 20s
+68° 02’ 35”

Galactic Coordinates

127.68°
5.64°

Finder Chart

Finder chart 43 Cassiopeiae star
Simplified finder chart for 43 Cassiopeiae.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.59
Hypergiant
43 Cassiopeiae is also a SiSr chemically peculiar star.

-0.08
A0
11092K

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

HR 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.

136.24
444.14
5 km/s
0.052 arcsec/y
-0.009"/y

Alternative Designations

43 Cassiopeiae
SAO11919
SAO11919

Visibility from Your Location

43 Cassiopeiae is circumpolar and transits at 00:15 UTC (altitude: 73.3°)