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48 Cassiopeiae

Above the horizon.  Circumpolar today
Alt: 55.83°   Az: 31.47°   Direction: North-North-East

48 Cassiopeiae is a variable and multiple sub-giant star of spectral class A3 in the constellation of Cassiopeia.

48 Cassiopeiae visual magnitude is 4.54. Because of its moderate brightness, 48 Cassiopeiae is easily visible to the naked eye from locations with dark skies, while it might be barely visible, or not visible at all, from light-polluted skies.

Image of 48 Cassiopeiae star
DSS2 image of 48 Cassiopeiae. The red arrow shows the motion of 48 Cassiopeiae during the next 10000 years (-11.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

02h 04m 02s
+71° 01’ 31”
19h 42m 23s
21h 46m 25s

J2000

02h 01m 57s
+70° 54’ 24”

Galactic Coordinates

128.69°
8.83°

Finder Chart

Finder chart 48 Cassiopeiae star
Simplified finder chart for 48 Cassiopeiae.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.54
Sub-giant

1.77
A3IV
8486K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 48 Cassiopeiae is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 48 Cassiopeiae. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

48 Cassiopeiae is a visual double star which can be observed only with the help of very large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the 48 Cassiopeiae double sysyem:

4.54
6.24
1.7
0.5 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

48 Cassiopeiae is distant 116.80 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 5 kilometers per second.

35.83
116.80
-5 km/s
-0.067 arcsec/y
0.004"/y

Alternative Designations

48 Cassiopeiae
SAO4554
SAO4554

Visibility from Your Location

48 Cassiopeiae is circumpolar and transits at 01:15 UTC (altitude: 70.5°)