μ-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 , μ-Cas is visible all night. It will become visible at around 17:27 (EST), 55° above your north-eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 20:46, 77° above your northern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 04:41, when it sinks below 20° above your north-western horizon.

Name μ-Cas
Object type Star
Other names
μ-Cas
Mu Cassiopeiae
30-Cas
30 Cassiopeiae
HR 321[1]
HD 6582
NSV 405
HIP 5336[3]
TYC 3673-1929-1[2]
Position
Right ascension:01h08m16s [2]
Declination:+54°55'13" [2]
Constellation:Cassiopeia
Magnitude:
Variable
5.16 (V) [2]
5.99 (BT) [2]
5.23 (VT) [2]
Distance:7.6 parsec
24.6 lightyrs [3]
B-V Color (mag):0.64
Proper motion (speed):3.78 arcsec/yr[3]
Proper motion (pos ang):115.0°
Derived quantities
Absolute mag (V):5.77

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