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49 Persei

Above the horizon.  Rise: 2:00 | Tran: 13:04 | Set: 0:08
Alt: 12.22°   Az: 317.29°   Direction: North-West

49 Persei is a giant star of spectral class K1 in the constellation of Perseus.

49 Persei visual magnitude is 6.09. Because of its faintness, 49 Persei 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 49 Persei star
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);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

04h 09m 56s
+37° 47’ 36”
08h 11m 52s
12h 21m 49s

J2000

04h 08m 15s
+37° 43’ 40”

Galactic Coordinates

160.43°
-10.42°

Finder Chart

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.09
Giant

2.87
K1III
4866K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

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.

44.13
143.87
-40 km/s
-0.112 arcsec/y
-0.191"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO57000
SAO57000

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 49 Persei rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 52.2°
Max altitude: 76.3°
Azimuth: 307.8°