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TimezoneAmerica/Lima
Sunrise: 6:23 
Transit: 12:05 
Sunset: 17:48
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Kurhah - ξ Cephei (xi Cephei)

Above the horizon.  Rise: 23:13 | Tran: 3:27 | Set: 7:41
Alt: 5.23°   Az: 341.21°   Direction: North-North-West

Kurhah, also designated as ξ Cephei (xi Cephei), is a multiple main-sequence star of spectral class A3 in the constellation of Cepheus.

Kurhah visual magnitude is 4.29. Because of its moderate brightness, Kurhah 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 Kurhah - ξ Cephei (xi Cephei) star
DSS2 image of Kurhah. The red arrow shows the motion of Kurhah during the next 1000 years (3.48 arcmin in Right Ascension and 1.42 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

22h 04m 30s
+64° 45’ 07”
03h 15m 04s
01h 19m 35s

J2000

22h 03m 47s
+64° 37’ 40”

Galactic Coordinates

106.15°
7.37°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for Kurhah - ξ Cephei (xi Cephei).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.29
Main-sequence

1.82
A3V
7217K

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

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

Star System Properties

Kurhah is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of small or medium telescopes. The table below shows key information about the Kurhah double sysyem:

4.29
6.29
2
7.7 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

Kurhah is distant 101.65 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 6 kilometers per second.

31.18
101.65
-6 km/s
0.209 arcsec/y
0.085"/y

Alternative Designations

Kurhah
ξ Cephei
(xi Cephei)
SAO19827
SAO19827

Visibility from Your Location

Today's Kurhah - ξ Cephei (xi Cephei) rise, transit and set times from Pancan, Perù are the following (all times relative to the local timezone America/Lima):

Azimuth: 25.2°
Max altitude: 13.5°
Azimuth: 334.8°