52 Persei

Above the horizon. Rise: 1:25 | Tran: 9:34 | Set: 17:38

Alt: 19.05° Az: 306.52° Direction: North-West

52 Persei is a supergiant star of spectral class G5 in the constellation of Perseus.

52 Persei visual magnitude is 4.71. Because of its moderate brightness, 52 Persei is easily visible to the naked eye from locations with dark skies, while it might be barely visible, or not visible at all, from light-polluted skies.

DSS2 image of 52 Persei. The red arrow shows the motion of 52 Persei during the next 10000 years (1.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -4.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 04h 16m 37s

Declination +40° 32’ 45”

Hour Angle 06h 05m 15s

Sidereal Time 10h 21m 53s

J2000

Right Ascension 04h 14m 53s

Declination +40° 29’ 00”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 159.45°

Galactic Latitude -7.54°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 4.71

Class Supergiant

Absolute magnitude -1.71

Spectral Type G5I

Color Index (B-V) 1.01

Temperature 4719K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 52 Persei is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 52 Persei. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

52 Persei is distant 626.92 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 2 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 192.31

Distance (light year) 626.92

Radial Speed -2 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.008 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.026"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 52 Persei

Henry Draper Catalogue HD26673

SAO Catalogue SAO39409

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP19811

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+40 912

FK5 Catalogue 2306

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 52 Persei rise, transit and set times from Maqian, China are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Asia/Urumqi):

Azimuth: 49.5° RISE 1:25

Max altitude: 81.1° TRANSIT 9:34

Azimuth: 310.5° SET 17:38

Name:	Maqian, China
Latitude:	31° 39' 27.7" N
Longitude:	90° 11' 28.3" E
Timezone:	Asia/Urumqi

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