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Atik - ο Persei (omicron Persei)

Below the horizon.  Rise: 19:31 | Tran: 5:03 | Set: 14:31
Alt: -5.90°   Az: 6.37°   Direction: North

Atik, also designated as ο Persei (omicron Persei), is a variable and double giant star of spectral class B1 in the constellation of Perseus.

Atik visual magnitude is 3.83. Because of its moderate brightness, Atik 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.

Image of Atik - ο Persei (omicron Persei) star
DSS2 image of Atik. The red arrow shows the motion of Atik during the next 10000 years (1.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

03h 45m 52s
+32° 21’ 52”
12h 30m 00s
16h 15m 53s

J2000

03h 44m 19s
+32° 17’ 17”

Galactic Coordinates

160.36°
-17.74°

Finder Chart

Finder chart Atik - ο Persei (omicron Persei) star
Simplified finder chart for Atik - ο Persei (omicron Persei).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

3.83
Giant

-4.45
B1III
9542K

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

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

Star System Properties

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

3.83
6.63
2.8
1 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

Atik is distant 1,475.11 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 19 kilometers per second.

452.49
1,475.11
19 km/s
0.007 arcsec/y
-0.011"/y

Alternative Designations

Atik
ο Persei
(omicron Persei)
SAO56673
SAO56673

Visibility from Your Location

Today's Atik - ο Persei (omicron Persei) rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 57.6°
Max altitude: 70.9°
Azimuth: 302.4°