Caph (Star)

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

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From South El Monte , Caph is visible all night. It will become visible at around 17:45 (PST), 48° above your north-eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 21:06, 64° above your northern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 05:17, when it sinks below 14° above your north-western horizon.

Name Caph
Object type Star
Other names
Caph
β-Cas
Beta Cassiopeiae
11-Cas
11 Cassiopeiae
HR 21[1]
HD 432
HIP 746[5]
TYC 3664-1985-1[4]
Position
Right ascension:00h09m10s [3]
Declination:+59°09'00" [3]
Constellation:Cassiopeia
Magnitude:
Variable
2.28 (V) [3]
2.72 (BT) [2]
2.32 (VT) [2]
Distance:16.8 parsec
54.7 lightyrs [5]
B-V Color (mag):0.38
Proper motion (speed):553.5 mas/yr[5]
Proper motion (pos ang):109.0°
Derived quantities
Absolute mag (V):1.16

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