52 Persei
Above the horizon.
Circumpolar today
Alt: 6.92°
Az: 25.98°
Direction: North-North-East
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
J2000
Galactic Coordinates
Finder Chart
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Finder chart for 52 Persei.
Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class
The red dot in the diagram below shows where 52 Persei is situated in the HertzsprungāRussell 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.
Alternative Designations
Visibility from Your Location
52 Persei is circumpolar and transits at 11:39 UTC (altitude: 79.1°)