50 Persei

Altitude: -0.2° Azimuth: 6.1° Direction: North

50 Persei is a main-sequence star in the constellation of Perseus.

50 Persei visual magnitude is 5.51. Because of its reltive faintness, 50 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 50 Persei:

Color of 50 Persei ⬤

Magnitude of 50 Persei 5.51

Class Main-sequence

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

50 Persei is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: -0.2°
Azimuth: 6.1°
Direction: North

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of 50 Persei

50 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 50 Persei are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 04h 08m 36s

Declination J2000 +38° 02’ 22”

Galactic Longitude 160.27°

Galactic Latitude -10.15°

Constellation Perseus

The simplified sky map below shows the position of 50 Persei in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for 50 Persei.

Visibility of 50 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 50 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: 52.0° RISE 0:52

Max altitude: 76.6° TRANSIT 12:10

Azimuth: 308.0° SET 23:24

RIGHT NOW 50 Persei is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom

Digitized Sky Survey image of 50 Persei

The image below is a photograph of 50 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 50 Persei is 0.167 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.202 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 1000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of 50 Persei. The red arrow shows the motion of 50 Persei during the next 1000 years (2.78 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.37 arcmin in declination);

Distance of 50 Persei from the Sun and relative movement

50 Persei is distant 69.55 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 25 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 21.34 pc

Distance (light year) 69.55 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity 25 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.167 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec -0.202 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of 50 Persei

50 Persei belongs to spectral class F7 and has a luminosity class of V corresponding to a main-sequence star.

Absolute magnitude 3.86

Spectral Type F7V

Color Index (B-V) 0.46

Temperature of 50 Persei 6576K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 50 Persei is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 50 Persei. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of 50 Persei

Flamsteed designation 50 Persei

Henry Draper Catalogue HD25998

SAO Catalogue SAO57006

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP19335

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+37 882

Gliese Catalogue Gl 161.1

FK5 Catalogue 2297

In Evidence

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