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public  Rimāt, Yemen Rimāt, Yemen  ⓘ
TimezoneAsia/Aden
Sunrise: 5:08 
Transit: 11:42 
Sunset: 18:15
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ξ Cassiopeiae (xi Cassiopeiae)

Below the horizon.  Rise: 22:03 | Tran: 5:35 | Set: 13:03
Alt: -2.43°   Az: 325.56°   Direction: North-West

ξ Cassiopeiae is a variable main-sequence star of spectral class B2 in the constellation of Cassiopeia.

ξ Cassiopeiae visual magnitude is 4.8. Because of its moderate brightness, ξ 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 ξ Cassiopeiae (xi Cassiopeiae) star
DSS2 image of ξ Cassiopeiae. The red arrow shows the motion of ξ Cassiopeiae during the next 10000 years (2.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and -0.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

00h 43m 30s
+50° 39’ 07”
07h 47m 54s
08h 31m 24s

J2000

00h 42m 03s
+50° 30’ 45”

Galactic Coordinates

121.41°
-12.33°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for ξ Cassiopeiae (xi Cassiopeiae).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.8
Main-sequence

-2.86
B2V
11744K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

ξ Cassiopeiae is distant 1,108.84 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 10 kilometers per second.

340.14
1,108.84
-10 km/s
0.015 arcsec/y
-0.005"/y

Alternative Designations

ξ Cassiopeiae
(xi Cassiopeiae)
19 Cassiopeiae
SAO21637
SAO21637

Visibility from Your Location

Today's ξ Cassiopeiae (xi Cassiopeiae) rise, transit and set times from Rimāt, Yemen are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Asia/Aden):

Azimuth: 39.3°
Max altitude: 56.8°
Azimuth: 320.7°