7 Cephei
Above the horizon.
Circumpolar today
Alt: 56.52°
Az: 321.10°
Direction: North-West
7 Cephei is a main-sequence star of spectral class B7 in the constellation of Cepheus.
7 Cephei visual magnitude is 5.44. Because of its faintness, 7 Cephei 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.
DSS2 image of 7 Cephei. The red arrow shows the motion of 7 Cephei during the next
10000 years (-2.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.17 arcmin in declination);
Celestial Coordinates
Apparent
J2000
Galactic Coordinates
Finder Chart
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Finder chart for 7 Cephei.
Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class
The red dot in the diagram below shows where 7 Cephei is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.
H-R diagram showing the position of 7 Cephei.
Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA
Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion
7 Cephei is distant 770.69 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 3 kilometers per second.
Alternative Designations
Visibility from Your Location
7 Cephei is circumpolar and transits at 05:00 UTC (altitude: 74.6°)