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public  Reoti, India Reoti, India  ⓘ
TimezoneAsia/Kolkata
Sunrise: 5:06 
Transit: 11:56 
Sunset: 18:47
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Menkib - ξ Persei (xi Persei)

Above the horizon.  Rise: 1:43 | Tran: 9:07 | Set: 16:27
Alt: 8.27°   Az: 305.97°   Direction: North-West

Menkib, also designated as ξ Persei (xi Persei), is a variable giant star of spectral class O7 in the constellation of Perseus.

Menkib visual magnitude is 4.04. Because of its moderate brightness, Menkib 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 Menkib - ξ Persei (xi Persei) star
DSS2 image of Menkib. The red arrow shows the motion of Menkib during the next 100000 years (3.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

04h 00m 37s
+35° 51’ 43”
06h 35m 11s
10h 35m 48s

J2000

03h 58m 57s
+35° 47’ 27”

Galactic Coordinates

160.37°
-13.11°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for Menkib - ξ Persei (xi Persei).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.04
Giant

-4.64
O7III
10002K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

Menkib is distant 1,771.74 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 70 kilometers per second.

543.48
1,771.74
70 km/s
0.002 arcsec/y

Alternative Designations

Menkib
ξ Persei
(xi Persei)
SAO56856
SAO56856

Visibility from Your Location

Today's Menkib - ξ Persei (xi Persei) rise, transit and set times from Reoti, India are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Asia/Kolkata):

Azimuth: 54.1°
Max altitude: 80.0°
Azimuth: 305.9°