μ-Cas (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
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
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Object type
Star
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Other names
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 |
Sources