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TimezoneAsia/Bangkok
Sunrise: 5:51 
Transit: 12:17 
Sunset: 18:42
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Caph - β Cassiopeiae (beta Cassiopeiae)

Above the horizon.  Rise: 0:01 | Tran: 7:38 | Set: 15:11
Alt: 5.65°   Az: 30.13°   Direction: North-North-East

Caph, also designated as β Cassiopeiae (beta Cassiopeiae), is a variable and double giant star of spectral class F2 in the constellation of Cassiopeia.

Caph visual magnitude is 2.27, making it the 72th brightest star in the sky. Because of its brightness, Caph is clearly visible to the naked eye when observed from locations with dark skies, and should be also quite easily visible from light polluted areas.

Image of Caph - β Cassiopeiae (beta Cassiopeiae) star
DSS2 image of Caph. The red arrow shows the motion of Caph during the next 1000 years (8.75 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.02 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

00h 10m 31s
+59° 17’ 28”
17h 12m 09s
17h 22m 40s

J2000

00h 09m 10s
+59° 08’ 58”

Galactic Coordinates

117.52°
-3.27°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for Caph - β Cassiopeiae (beta Cassiopeiae).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

2.27
Giant

1.16
F2III
7217K

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

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

Star System Properties

Caph 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 Caph double sysyem:

2.27
13.57
11.3
31.3 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

Caph is distant 54.43 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 12 kilometers per second.

16.70
54.43
12 km/s
0.525 arcsec/y
-0.181"/y

Alternative Designations

Caph
β Cassiopeiae
(beta Cassiopeiae)
11 Cassiopeiae
SAO21133
SAO21133

Visibility from Your Location

Today's Caph - β Cassiopeiae (beta Cassiopeiae) rise, transit and set times from Samut Sakhon, Thailand are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Asia/Bangkok):

Azimuth: 30.7°
Max altitude: 44.3°
Azimuth: 329.3°