53 Persei
Above the horizon.
Circumpolar today
Alt: 8.87°
Az: 10.32°
Direction: North
53 Persei is a variable sub-giant star of spectral class B4 in the constellation of Perseus.
53 Persei visual magnitude is 4.85. Because of its moderate brightness, 53 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 53 Persei. The red arrow shows the motion of 53 Persei during the next
10000 years (4.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -5.83 arcmin in declination);
Celestial Coordinates
Apparent
J2000
Galactic Coordinates
Finder Chart
Simplified finder chart for 53 Persei.
Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class
Simplified finder chart for 53 Persei.
The red dot in the diagram below shows where 53 Persei is situated in the HertzsprungāRussell diagram.
H-R diagram showing the position of 53 Persei.
Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA
Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion
53 Persei is distant 463.73 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 1 kilometers per second.
Alternative Designations
Visibility from Your Location
53 Persei is circumpolar and transits at 03:02 UTC (altitude: 85.1°)