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public  Bolgatanga, Ghana Bolgatanga, Ghana  ⓘ
TimezoneAfrica/Accra
Sunrise: 5:46 
Transit: 12:07 
Sunset: 18:28
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τ Cassiopeiae (tau Cassiopeiae)

Below the horizon.  Rise: 21:54 | Tran: 5:09 | Set: 12:20
Alt: -20.23°   Az: 356.47°   Direction: North

τ Cassiopeiae is a variable giant star of spectral class K1 in the constellation of Cassiopeia.

τ Cassiopeiae visual magnitude is 4.87. Because of its moderate brightness, τ 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 τ Cassiopeiae (tau Cassiopeiae) star
DSS2 image of τ Cassiopeiae. The red arrow shows the motion of τ Cassiopeiae during the next 10000 years (10.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and 9.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

23h 48m 18s
+58° 47’ 37”
11h 34m 21s
11h 22m 40s

J2000

23h 47m 03s
+58° 39’ 06”

Galactic Coordinates

114.63°
-3.18°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for τ Cassiopeiae (tau Cassiopeiae).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.87
Giant

1.25
K1III
4493K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

τ Cassiopeiae is distant 172.67 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 21 kilometers per second.

52.97
172.67
-21 km/s
0.061 arcsec/y
0.057"/y

Alternative Designations

τ Cassiopeiae
(tau Cassiopeiae)
5 Cassiopeiae
SAO35763
SAO35763

Visibility from Your Location

Today's τ Cassiopeiae (tau Cassiopeiae) rise, transit and set times from Bolgatanga, Ghana are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Africa/Accra):

Azimuth: 31.2°
Max altitude: 42.0°
Azimuth: 328.8°