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public  Kuzucubelen, Turkey Kuzucubelen, Turkey  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/Istanbul
Sunrise: 5:28 
Transit: 12:46 
Sunset: 20:04
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π Persei (pi Persei)

Above the horizon.  Rise: 0:25 | Tran: 9:00 | Set: 17:31
Alt: 11.88°   Az: 311.23°   Direction: North-West

π Persei is a main-sequence star of spectral class A2 in the constellation of Perseus.

π Persei visual magnitude is 4.7. Because of its moderate brightness, π Persei 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 Persei (pi Persei) star
DSS2 image of π Persei. The red arrow shows the motion of π Persei during the next 10000 years (4.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -7.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

03h 00m 24s
+39° 45’ 48”
07h 07m 09s
10h 07m 33s

J2000

02h 58m 45s
+39° 39’ 46”

Galactic Coordinates

148.04°
-16.92°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for π Persei (pi Persei).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.7
Main-sequence

-0.30
A2V
9434K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

π Persei is distant 325.35 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 14 kilometers per second.

99.80
325.35
14 km/s
0.024 arcsec/y
-0.043"/y

Alternative Designations

π Persei
(pi Persei)
SAO56047
SAO56047

Visibility from Your Location

Today's π Persei (pi Persei) rise, transit and set times from Kuzucubelen, Turkey are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/Istanbul):

Azimuth: 50.2°
Max altitude: 87.1°
Azimuth: 309.8°