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ι Cephei (iota Cephei)

Above the horizon.  Circumpolar today
Alt: 68.94°   Az: 33.88°   Direction: North-East

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’ 07”
22h 00m 14s
20h 50m 50s

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

ι Cephei (iota Cephei) is circumpolar and transits at 07:13 UTC (altitude: 75.1°)