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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 4:59 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:54
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κ Cassiopeiae (kappa Cassiopeiae)

Above the horizon.  Circumpolar today
Alt: 40.32°   Az: 324.24°   Direction: North-West

κ Cassiopeiae is a variable supergiant star of spectral class B1 in the constellation of Cassiopeia.

κ Cassiopeiae visual magnitude is 4.16. Because of its moderate brightness, κ 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 κ Cassiopeiae (kappa Cassiopeiae) star
DSS2 image of κ Cassiopeiae. The red arrow shows the motion of κ Cassiopeiae during the next 100000 years (5.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -5.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

00h 34m 27s
+63° 04’ 17”
06h 41m 18s
07h 15m 46s

J2000

00h 33m 00s
+62° 55’ 54”

Galactic Coordinates

120.84°
0.14°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for κ Cassiopeiae (kappa Cassiopeiae).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.16
Supergiant

-6.35
B1I
8658K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

κ Cassiopeiae is distant 4,126.58 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 2 kilometers per second.

1,265.82
4,126.58
-2 km/s
0.003 arcsec/y
-0.003"/y

Alternative Designations

κ Cassiopeiae
(kappa Cassiopeiae)
15 Cassiopeiae
SAO11256
SAO11256

Visibility from Your Location

κ Cassiopeiae (kappa Cassiopeiae) is circumpolar and transits at 08:33 UTC (altitude: 78.4°)