η-Cas (Star)

R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.

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From Cambridge , η-Cas is visible all night because it is circumpolar. It will be highest in the sky at 03:56, 74° above your northern horizon. At dusk, it will become visible at around 20:57 (EDT), 28° above your north-eastern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight at around 04:35, 73° above your northern horizon.

Name η-Cas
Object type Star
Other names
η-Cas
Eta Cassiopeiae
24-Cas
24 Cassiopeiae
HR 219[1]
HD 4614
HIP 3821[5]
TYC 3663-2669-1[4]
Position
Right ascension:00h49m05s [3]
Declination:+57°48'59" [3]
Constellation:Cassiopeia
Magnitude:3.46 (V) [3]
4.16 (BT) [2]
3.52 (VT) [2]
Distance:6.0 parsec
19.4 lightyrs [5]
B-V Color (mag):0.58
Proper motion (speed):1.22 arcsec/yr[5]
Proper motion (pos ang):117.2°
Derived quantities
Absolute mag (V):4.59

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