49 Persei

Altitude: 16.1° Azimuth: 311.3° Direction: North-West

49 Persei is a giant star in the constellation of Perseus.

49 Persei visual magnitude is 6.09. Because of its reltive faintness, 49 Persei should be visible only from locations with dark skyes, while it is not visible at all from skyes affected by light pollution.

The table below summarizes the key facts about 49 Persei:

Color of 49 Persei ⬤

Magnitude of 49 Persei 6.09

Class Giant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

49 Persei is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: 16.1°
Azimuth: 311.3°
Direction: North-West

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of 49 Persei

49 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 49 Persei are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 04h 08m 15s

Declination J2000 +37° 43’ 40”

Galactic Longitude 160.43°

Galactic Latitude -10.42°

Constellation Perseus

The simplified sky map below shows the position of 49 Persei in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for 49 Persei.

Visibility of 49 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 49 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: 52.3° RISE 11:48

Max altitude: 76.2° TRANSIT 22:50

Azimuth: 307.7° SET 9:56

Digitized Sky Survey image of 49 Persei

The image below is a photograph of 49 Persei from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2 - see the credits section) taken in the red channel. The area of sky represented in the image is 0.5x0.5 degrees (30x30 arcmins). The proper motion of 49 Persei is -0.112 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.191 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 1000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of 49 Persei. The red arrow shows the motion of 49 Persei during the next 1000 years (-1.87 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.18 arcmin in declination);

Distance of 49 Persei from the Sun and relative movement

49 Persei is distant 143.87 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 40 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 44.13 pc

Distance (light year) 143.87 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity -40 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.112 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec -0.191 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of 49 Persei

49 Persei belongs to spectral class K1 and has a luminosity class of III corresponding to a giant star.

Absolute magnitude 2.87

Spectral Type K1III

Color Index (B-V) 0.95

Temperature of 49 Persei 4866K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 49 Persei is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 49 Persei. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of 49 Persei

Flamsteed designation 49 Persei

Henry Draper Catalogue HD25975

SAO Catalogue SAO57000

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP19302

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+37 881

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