50 Persei

Above the horizon. Rise: 1:40 | Tran: 12:57 | Set: 0:13

Alt: 24.08° Az: 58.40° Direction: East-North-East

50 Persei is a main-sequence star of spectral class F7 in the constellation of Perseus.

50 Persei visual magnitude is 5.51. Because of its faintness, 50 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 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);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 04h 10m 18s

Declination +38° 06’ 19”

Hour Angle 17h 24m 50s

Sidereal Time 21h 35m 08s

J2000

Right Ascension 04h 08m 36s

Declination +38° 02’ 22”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 160.27°

Galactic Latitude -10.15°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.51

Class Main-sequence

Absolute magnitude 3.86

Spectral Type F7V

Color Index (B-V) 0.46

Temperature 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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

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

Distance (light year) 69.55

Radial Speed 25 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.167 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.202"/y

Alternative Designations

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

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 50 Persei rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 51.9° RISE 1:40

Max altitude: 76.6° TRANSIT 12:57

Azimuth: 308.1° SET 0:13

Set Location

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