59 Persei

Altitude: 5.5° Azimuth: 350.5° Direction: North

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

59 Persei visual magnitude is 5.29. Because of its reltive faintness, 59 Persei should be visible only from locations with dark skyes, while it is not visible at all from skyes affected by light pollution.

The table below summarizes the key facts about 59 Persei:

Color of 59 Persei ⬤

Magnitude of 59 Persei 5.29

Class Main-sequence

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

59 Persei is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: 5.5°
Azimuth: 350.5°
Direction: North

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of 59 Persei

59 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 59 Persei are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 04h 42m 54s

Declination J2000 +43° 21’ 54”

Galactic Longitude 160.95°

Galactic Latitude -1.78°

Constellation Perseus

The simplified sky map below shows the position of 59 Persei in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for 59 Persei.

Visibility of 59 Persei from your location

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

59 Persei is circumpolar and transits at 11:44 UTC (altitude: 81.9°)

Digitized Sky Survey image of 59 Persei

The image below is a photograph of 59 Persei from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2 - see the credits section) taken in the red channel. The area of sky represented in the image is 0.5x0.5 degrees (30x30 arcmins). The proper motion of 59 Persei is 0.039 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.052 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

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);

Distance of 59 Persei from the Sun and relative movement

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.

Distance (parsec) 83.19 pc

Distance (light year) 271.21 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity 9 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.039 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec -0.052 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of 59 Persei

59 Persei belongs to spectral class A1 and has a luminosity class of V corresponding to a main-sequence star.

Absolute magnitude 0.69

Spectral Type A1V

Color Index (B-V) 0

Temperature of 59 Persei 10125K

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

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

Alternative designations of 59 Persei

Flamsteed designation 59 Persei

Henry Draper Catalogue HD29722

SAO Catalogue SAO39699

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP21928

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+43 1043

FK5 Catalogue 2349

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