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TimezoneAsia/Manila
Sunrise: 5:30 
Transit: 12:03 
Sunset: 18:36
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φ Cassiopeiae (phi Cassiopeiae)

Below the horizon.  Rise: 21:50 | Tran: 5:55 | Set: 14:04
Alt: -8.86°   Az: 343.17°   Direction: North-North-West

φ Cassiopeiae is a multiple hypergiant star of spectral class F0 in the constellation of Cassiopeia.

φ Cassiopeiae visual magnitude is 4.98. Because of its moderate brightness, φ 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 φ Cassiopeiae (phi Cassiopeiae) star
DSS2 image of φ Cassiopeiae. The red arrow shows the motion of φ Cassiopeiae during the next 100000 years (0.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

01h 21m 42s
+58° 21’ 54”
09h 47m 45s
11h 09m 27s

J2000

01h 20m 04s
+58° 13’ 54”

Galactic Coordinates

126.71°
-4.43°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for φ Cassiopeiae (phi Cassiopeiae).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.98
Hypergiant

-4.29
F0I
5671K

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

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

Star System Properties

φ Cassiopeiae is a visual double star which can be observed with binoculars or small telescopes. The table below shows key information about the φ Cassiopeiae double sysyem:

4.98
6.88
1.9
133.8 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

φ Cassiopeiae is distant 2,328.57 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 24 kilometers per second.

714.29
2,328.57
-24 km/s
-0.002"/y

Alternative Designations

φ Cassiopeiae
(phi Cassiopeiae)
34 Cassiopeiae
SAO22191
SAO22191

Visibility from Your Location

Today's φ Cassiopeiae (phi Cassiopeiae) rise, transit and set times from Paoay, Philippines are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Asia/Manila):

Azimuth: 31.6°
Max altitude: 49.7°
Azimuth: 328.4°