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χ Cassiopeiae (chi Cassiopeiae)

Above the horizon.  Circumpolar today
Alt: 57.01°   Az: 307.02°   Direction: North-West

χ Cassiopeiae is a giant star of spectral class G9 in the constellation of Cassiopeia.

χ Cassiopeiae visual magnitude is 4.71. Because of its moderate brightness, χ Cassiopeiae 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 χ Cassiopeiae (chi Cassiopeiae) star
DSS2 image of χ Cassiopeiae. The red arrow shows the motion of χ Cassiopeiae during the next 10000 years (-6.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

01h 35m 35s
+59° 21’ 35”
03h 54m 13s
05h 29m 49s

J2000

01h 33m 55s
+59° 13’ 54”

Galactic Coordinates

128.35°
-3.19°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for χ Cassiopeiae (chi Cassiopeiae).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.71
Giant

0.73
G9III
4743K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

χ Cassiopeiae is distant 204.26 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 6 kilometers per second.

62.66
204.26
6 km/s
-0.037 arcsec/y
-0.021"/y

Alternative Designations

χ Cassiopeiae
(chi Cassiopeiae)
39 Cassiopeiae
SAO22397
SAO22397

Visibility from Your Location

χ Cassiopeiae (chi Cassiopeiae) is circumpolar and transits at 16:11 UTC (altitude: 82.1°)