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public  Idi-Ayunre, Nigeria Idi-Ayunre, Nigeria  ⓘ
TimezoneAfrica/Lagos
Sunrise: 6:33 
Transit: 12:48 
Sunset: 19:03
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ζ Cephei (zeta Cephei)

Above the horizon.  Rise: 21:25 | Tran: 4:14 | Set: 10:59
Alt: 4.33°   Az: 31.71°   Direction: North-North-East

ζ Cephei is a variable supergiant star of spectral class K1 in the constellation of Cepheus.

ζ Cephei visual magnitude is 3.35. Because of its moderate brightness, ζ Cephei 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 ζ Cephei (zeta Cephei) star
DSS2 image of ζ Cephei. The red arrow shows the motion of ζ Cephei during the next 10000 years (2.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

22h 11m 44s
+58° 19’ 38”
17h 46m 04s
15h 57m 49s

J2000

22h 10m 51s
+58° 12’ 03”

Galactic Coordinates

103.06°
1.67°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for ζ Cephei (zeta Cephei).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

3.35
Supergiant

-3.39
K1I
3691K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where ζ Cephei is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

ζ Cephei is distant 726.06 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 18 kilometers per second.

222.72
726.06
-18 km/s
0.015 arcsec/y
0.004"/y

Alternative Designations

ζ Cephei
(zeta Cephei)
SAO34137
SAO34137

Visibility from Your Location

Today's ζ Cephei (zeta Cephei) rise, transit and set times from Idi-Ayunre, Nigeria are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Africa/Lagos):

Azimuth: 31.7°
Max altitude: 38.9°
Azimuth: 328.3°