A-Cas (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From South El Monte , A-Cas is visible all night because it is circumpolar. It will be highest in the sky shortly before dawn, when it will be lost to twilight at around 04:27, 34° above your north-eastern horizon. At dusk, it will become visible at around 21:11 (PDT), 15° above your northern horizon.
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Name
A-Cas
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Object type
Star
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Position
| Right ascension: | 02h01m57s [3] |
| Declination: | +70°54'25" [3] |
| Constellation: | Cassiopeia |
| Magnitude: | 4.52 (V) [3] 4.71 (BT) [2] 4.53 (VT) [2] |
| Distance: | 35.3 parsec 115.0 lightyrs [4] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 0.16 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 56.4 mas/yr[4] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 261.1° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | 1.78 |
Sources