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9 Cassiopeiae

Above the horizon.  Circumpolar today
Alt: 67.10°   Az: 313.14°   Direction: North-West

9 Cassiopeiae is a double giant star of spectral class A1 in the constellation of Cassiopeia.

9 Cassiopeiae visual magnitude is 5.88. Because of its faintness, 9 Cassiopeiae 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 9 Cassiopeiae star
DSS2 image of 9 Cassiopeiae. The red arrow shows the motion of 9 Cassiopeiae during the next 100000 years (-6.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and 10.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

00h 05m 33s
+62° 25’ 44”
02h 31m 20s
02h 36m 53s

J2000

00h 04m 13s
+62° 17’ 16”

Galactic Coordinates

117.47°
-0.08°

Finder Chart

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.88
Giant

-4.37
A1III
7462K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 9 Cassiopeiae is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 9 Cassiopeiae. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

9 Cassiopeiae is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of small or medium telescopes. The table below shows key information about the 9 Cassiopeiae double sysyem:

5.88
9.88
4
246 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

9 Cassiopeiae is distant 3,662.92 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 18 kilometers per second.

1,123.60
3,662.92
-18 km/s
-0.004 arcsec/y
0.006"/y

Alternative Designations

9 Cassiopeiae
SAO10954
SAO10954

Visibility from Your Location

9 Cassiopeiae is circumpolar and transits at 08:12 UTC (altitude: 79.1°)