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59 Persei

Above the horizon.  Circumpolar today
Alt: 14.96°   Az: 323.76°   Direction: North-West

59 Persei is a main-sequence star of spectral class A1 in the constellation of Perseus.

59 Persei visual magnitude is 5.29. Because of its faintness, 59 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 59 Persei star
DSS2 image of 59 Persei. The red arrow shows the motion of 59 Persei during the next 10000 years (6.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and -8.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

04h 44m 42s
+43° 24’ 39”
08h 32m 39s
13h 17m 22s

J2000

04h 42m 54s
+43° 21’ 54”

Galactic Coordinates

160.95°
-1.78°

Finder Chart

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.29
Main-sequence

0.69
A1V
10125K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 59 Persei is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 59 Persei. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

59 Persei is distant 271.21 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 9 kilometers per second.

83.19
271.21
9 km/s
0.039 arcsec/y
-0.052"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO39699
SAO39699

Visibility from Your Location

59 Persei is circumpolar and transits at 13:02 UTC (altitude: 81.9°)