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π Cassiopeiae (pi Cassiopeiae)

Above the horizon.  Circumpolar today
Alt: 13.91°   Az: 334.41°   Direction: North-North-West

π Cassiopeiae is a variable main-sequence star of spectral class A5 in the constellation of Cassiopeia.

π Cassiopeiae visual magnitude is 4.94. Because of its moderate brightness, π 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 π Cassiopeiae (pi Cassiopeiae) star
DSS2 image of π Cassiopeiae. The red arrow shows the motion of π Cassiopeiae during the next 10000 years (-3.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -5.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

00h 44m 53s
+47° 09’ 47”
09h 27m 44s
10h 12m 37s

J2000

00h 43m 28s
+47° 01’ 28”

Galactic Coordinates

121.52°
-15.82°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for π Cassiopeiae (pi Cassiopeiae).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.94
Main-sequence

1.30
A5V
8321K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

π Cassiopeiae is distant 174.24 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 13 kilometers per second.

53.45
174.24
13 km/s
-0.02 arcsec/y
-0.034"/y

Alternative Designations

π Cassiopeiae
(pi Cassiopeiae)
20 Cassiopeiae
SAO36602
SAO36602

Visibility from Your Location

π Cassiopeiae (pi Cassiopeiae) is circumpolar and transits at 09:23 UTC (altitude: 85.7°)