κ-Cas (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Fairfield , κ-Cas is visible all night because it is circumpolar. It will be highest in the sky shortly before dawn, when it will be lost to twilight at around 03:55, 55° above your north-eastern horizon. At dusk, it will become visible at around 21:54 (EDT), 20° above your northern horizon.
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Name
κ-Cas
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 00h32m59s [6] |
| Declination: | +62°55'54" [6] |
| Constellation: | Cassiopeia |
| Magnitude: Variable | 4.19 (V) [3] 4.30 (BT) [2] 4.20 (VT) [2] 4.12 (G) [6] 4.17 (BP) [6] 3.93 (RP) [6] |
| Distance: | 939.5 parsec 3062.7 lightyrs [6] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 0.09 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 3.6 mas/yr[6] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 120.4° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | -5.67 |
Sources