9 Cephei
Above the horizon.
Circumpolar today
Alt: 33.31°
Az: 330.92°
Direction: North-North-West
9 Cephei is a variable supergiant star of spectral class B2 in the constellation of Cepheus.
9 Cephei visual magnitude is 4.73. Because of its moderate brightness, 9 Cephei is easily visible to the naked eye from locations with dark skies, while it might be barely visible, or not visible at all, from light-polluted skies.
DSS2 image of 9 Cephei. The red arrow shows the motion of 9 Cephei during the next
100000 years (-5.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.33 arcmin in declination);
Celestial Coordinates
Apparent
J2000
Galactic Coordinates
Finder Chart
Simplified finder chart for 9 Cephei.
Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class
Simplified finder chart for 9 Cephei.
The red dot in the diagram below shows where 9 Cephei is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.
H-R diagram showing the position of 9 Cephei.
Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA
Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion
9 Cephei is distant 4,527.78 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 13 kilometers per second.
Alternative Designations
Visibility from Your Location
9 Cephei is circumpolar and transits at 21:53 UTC (altitude: 79.3°)