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53 Cassiopeiae

Above the horizon.  Circumpolar today
Alt: 31.68°   Az: 21.89°   Direction: North-North-East

53 Cassiopeiae is a supergiant star of spectral class B8 in the constellation of Cassiopeia.

53 Cassiopeiae visual magnitude is 5.58. Because of its faintness, 53 Cassiopeiae 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.

Image of 53 Cassiopeiae star
DSS2 image of 53 Cassiopeiae. The red arrow shows the motion of 53 Cassiopeiae during the next 100000 years (8.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -8.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

02h 04m 54s
+64° 30’ 39”
15h 09m 58s
17h 14m 53s

J2000

02h 03m 00s
+64° 23’ 24”

Galactic Coordinates

130.57°
2.59°

Finder Chart

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.58
Supergiant

-4.55
B8I
6989K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 53 Cassiopeiae is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 53 Cassiopeiae. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

53 Cassiopeiae is distant 3,468.09 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 20 kilometers per second.

1,063.83
3,468.09
-20 km/s
0.005 arcsec/y
-0.005"/y

Alternative Designations

53 Cassiopeiae
SAO12097
SAO12097

Visibility from Your Location

53 Cassiopeiae is circumpolar and transits at 10:43 UTC (altitude: 77.0°)