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public  Taman Senai, Malaysia Taman Senai, Malaysia  ⓘ
TimezoneAsia/Kuala_Lumpur
Sunrise: 7:05 
Transit: 13:10 
Sunset: 19:15
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ι Cephei (iota Cephei)

Above the horizon.  Rise: 22:35 | Tran: 4:47 | Set: 11:04
Alt: 18.73°   Az: 343.34°   Direction: North-North-West

ι Cephei is a hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Cepheus.

ι Cephei visual magnitude is 3.52. Because of its moderate brightness, ι 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.

Image of ι Cephei (iota Cephei) star
DSS2 image of ι Cephei. The red arrow shows the motion of ι Cephei during the next 1000 years (-1.08 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.08 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

22h 50m 35s
+66° 20’ 09”
02h 50m 17s
01h 40m 53s

J2000

22h 49m 40s
+66° 12’ 02”

Galactic Coordinates

111.07°
6.18°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for ι Cephei (iota Cephei).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

3.52
Hypergiant

0.78
K0III
4626K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

ι Cephei is distant 115.32 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 12 kilometers per second.

35.37
115.32
-12 km/s
-0.065 arcsec/y
-0.125"/y

Alternative Designations

ι Cephei
(iota Cephei)
SAO20268
SAO20268

Visibility from Your Location

Today's ι Cephei (iota Cephei) rise, transit and set times from Taman Senai, Malaysia are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Asia/Kuala_Lumpur):

Azimuth: 23.7°
Max altitude: 25.3°
Azimuth: 336.3°