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55 Persei

Altitude: -2.4°   Azimuth: 342.6°   Direction: North-North-West

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

55 Persei visual magnitude is 5.73. Because of its reltive faintness, 55 Persei should be visible only from locations with dark skies, while it is not visible at all from skies affected by light pollution.

The proper motion of 55 Persei is 0.019 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.044 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

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);

Key facts about 55 Persei

5.73
Main-sequence

55 Persei is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: -2.4°
Azimuth: 342.6°
Direction: North-North-West

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of 55 Persei

55 Persei is situated north of the celestial equator, as such, it is more easily visible from the northern hemisphere. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of 55 Persei are provided in the following table:

04h 24m 29s
+34° 07’ 50”
165.38°
-10.65°
Perseus

The simplified sky map below shows the position of 55 Persei in the sky:

Finder chart 55 Persei star
Simplified finder chart for 55 Persei.

Visibility of 55 Persei from your location

Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London

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

Azimuth: 55.9°
Max altitude: 72.7°
Azimuth: 304.1°

Distance of 55 Persei from the Sun and relative movement

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 pc
610.49 ly
5 km/s
0.019 arcsec/year
-0.044 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of 55 Persei

55 Persei belongs to spectral class B8 and has a luminosity class of V corresponding to a main-sequence star.

-0.63
B8V
10941K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 55 Persei is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

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

Alternative designations of 55 Persei

SAO57212
SAO57212