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50 Persei

Altitude: 4.7°   Azimuth: 332.9°   Direction: North-North-West

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:

5.51
Main-sequence

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

Altitude: 4.7°
Azimuth: 332.9°
Direction: North-North-West

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:

04h 08m 36s
+38° 02’ 22”
160.27°
-10.15°
Perseus

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

Finder chart 50 Persei star
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°
Max altitude: 76.6°
Azimuth: 308.0°

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.

Image of 50 Persei star
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.

21.34 pc
69.55 ly
25 km/s
0.167 arcsec/year
-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.

3.86
F7V
6576K

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

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

Alternative designations of 50 Persei

SAO57006
SAO57006
Gl 161.1