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.

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

Right Ascension 22h 50m 35s

Declination +66° 20’ 09”

Hour Angle 02h 50m 17s

Sidereal Time 01h 40m 53s

J2000

Right Ascension 22h 49m 40s

Declination +66° 12’ 02”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 111.07°

Galactic Latitude 6.18°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for ι Cephei (iota Cephei).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 3.52

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude 0.78

Spectral Type K0III

Color Index (B-V) 1.05

Temperature 4626K

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

Distance (parsec) 35.37

Distance (light year) 115.32

Radial Speed -12 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.065 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.125"/y

Alternative Designations

Bayer designation ι Cephei
(iota Cephei)

Flamsteed designation 32 Cephei

Henry Draper Catalogue HD216228

SAO Catalogue SAO20268

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP112724

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+65 1814

FK5 Catalogue 863

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° RISE 22:35

Max altitude: 25.3° TRANSIT 4:47

Azimuth: 336.3° SET 11:04

Name:	Taman Senai, Malaysia
Latitude:	1° 36' 2.2" N
Longitude:	103° 38' 31.2" E
Timezone:	Asia/Kuala_Lumpur

Set Location

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