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7 Cephei

Above the horizon.  Circumpolar today
Alt: 34.69°   Az: 22.03°   Direction: North-North-East

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.

Image of 7 Cephei star
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

21h 28m 15s
+66° 55’ 09”
15h 27m 33s
12h 55m 48s

J2000

21h 27m 46s
+66° 48’ 33”

Galactic Coordinates

104.76°
11.43°

Finder Chart

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.44
Main-sequence

-1.43
B7V
11744K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 7 Cephei is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR 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.

236.41
770.69
3 km/s
-0.014 arcsec/y
-0.019"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO19432
SAO19432

Visibility from Your Location

7 Cephei is circumpolar and transits at 11:29 UTC (altitude: 74.6°)