ζ-Cas (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Cambridge , ζ-Cas is visible all night. It will become visible at around 17:27 (EST), 60° above your north-eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 20:15, 78° above your northern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 04:33, when it sinks below 17° above your north-western horizon.
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Name
ζ-Cas
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 00h36m58s [6] |
| Declination: | +53°53'48" [6] |
| Constellation: | Cassiopeia |
| Magnitude: Variable | 3.68 (V) [3] 3.43 (BT) [2] 3.65 (VT) [2] 3.66 (G) [6] 3.55 (BP) [6] 3.81 (RP) [6] |
| Distance: | 150.0 parsec 489.1 lightyrs [6] |
| B-V Color (mag): | -0.19 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 19.9 mas/yr[6] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 118.6° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | -2.20 |
Sources