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8 Persei

Above the horizon.  Circumpolar today
Alt: 38.42°   Az: 42.11°   Direction: North-East

8 Persei is a giant star of spectral class K3 in the constellation of Perseus.

8 Persei visual magnitude is 5.75. Because of its faintness, 8 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 8 Persei star
DSS2 image of 8 Persei. The red arrow shows the motion of 8 Persei during the next 10000 years (10.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

02h 19m 47s
+58° 00’ 52”
17h 30m 39s
19h 50m 26s

J2000

02h 17m 59s
+57° 53’ 58”

Galactic Coordinates

134.25°
-3.06°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 8 Persei.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.75
Giant

0.43
K3III
4368K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 8 Persei is situated in the Hertzsprungā€“Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 8 Persei. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

8 Persei is distant 378.63 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 3 kilometers per second.

116.14
378.63
3 km/s
0.063 arcsec/y
0.005"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO23143
SAO23143

Visibility from Your Location

8 Persei is circumpolar and transits at 16:36 UTC (altitude: 83.5°)