48 Persei
Above the horizon.
Circumpolar today
Alt: 9.36°
Az: 3.60°
Direction: North
48 Persei is a variable main-sequence star of spectral class B3 in the constellation of Perseus.
48 Persei visual magnitude is 4.04. Because of its moderate brightness, 48 Persei 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.
DSS2 image of 48 Persei. The red arrow shows the motion of 48 Persei during the next
10000 years (3.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and -5.00 arcmin in declination);
Celestial Coordinates
Apparent
J2000
Galactic Coordinates
Finder Chart
Simplified finder chart for 48 Persei.
Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class
Simplified finder chart for 48 Persei.
The red dot in the diagram below shows where 48 Persei is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.
H-R diagram showing the position of 48 Persei.
Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA
Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion
48 Persei is distant 553.48 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 1 kilometers per second.
Alternative Designations
Visibility from Your Location
48 Persei is circumpolar and transits at 04:47 UTC (altitude: 86.3°)