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55 Persei

Above the horizon.  Rise: 8:43 | Tran: 18:34 | Set: 4:29
Alt: 57.87°   Az: 252.30°   Direction: West-South-West

55 Persei is a main-sequence star of spectral class B8 in the constellation of Perseus.

55 Persei visual magnitude is 5.73. Because of its faintness, 55 Persei 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 55 Persei star
DSS2 image of 55 Persei. The red arrow shows the motion of 55 Persei during the next 10000 years (3.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -7.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

04h 26m 07s
+34° 11’ 12”
02h 31m 04s
06h 57m 11s

J2000

04h 24m 29s
+34° 07’ 50”

Galactic Coordinates

165.38°
-10.65°

Finder Chart

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.73
Main-sequence

-0.63
B8V
10941K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 55 Persei is situated in the Hertzsprungā€“Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 55 Persei. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

55 Persei is distant 610.49 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 5 kilometers per second.

187.27
610.49
5 km/s
0.019 arcsec/y
-0.044"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO57212
SAO57212

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 55 Persei rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 55.8°
Max altitude: 72.7°
Azimuth: 304.2°