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.

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

Right Ascension 04h 09m 56s

Declination +37° 47’ 36”

Hour Angle 08h 11m 52s

Sidereal Time 12h 21m 49s

J2000

Right Ascension 04h 08m 15s

Declination +37° 43’ 40”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 160.43°

Galactic Latitude -10.42°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.09

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude 2.87

Spectral Type K1III

Color Index (B-V) 0.95

Temperature 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

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.

Distance (parsec) 44.13

Distance (light year) 143.87

Radial Speed -40 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.112 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.191"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 49 Persei

Henry Draper Catalogue HD25975

SAO Catalogue SAO57000

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP19302

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+37 881

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° RISE 2:00

Max altitude: 76.3° TRANSIT 13:04

Azimuth: 307.8° SET 0:08

Set Location

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