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9 Persei

Above the horizon.  Circumpolar today
Alt: 57.20°   Az: 300.45°   Direction: West-North-West

9 Persei is a variable and double supergiant star of spectral class A2 in the constellation of Perseus.

9 Persei visual magnitude is 5.17. Because of its faintness, 9 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 9 Persei star
DSS2 image of 9 Persei. The red arrow shows the motion of 9 Persei during the next 100000 years (-3.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

02h 24m 05s
+55° 57’ 25”
03h 46m 06s
06h 10m 12s

J2000

02h 22m 21s
+55° 50’ 44”

Galactic Coordinates

135.51°
-4.79°

Finder Chart

Finder chart 9 Persei star
Simplified finder chart for 9 Persei.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.17
Supergiant

-3.82
A2I
7044K

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

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

Star System Properties

9 Persei is a visual double star which can be observed only with the help of very large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the 9 Persei double sysyem:

5.17
12.97
7.8
11.6 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

9 Persei is distant 2,050.31 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 15 kilometers per second.

628.93
2,050.31
-15 km/s
-0.002 arcsec/y
-0.002"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO23256
SAO23256

Visibility from Your Location

9 Persei is circumpolar and transits at 03:13 UTC (altitude: 85.5°)