Kurhah (Star)

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

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From Cambridge , Kurhah 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 04:10, 53° above your north-eastern horizon. At dusk, it will become visible at around 21:09 (EDT), 18° above your northern horizon.

Name Kurhah
Object type Star
Other names
Kurhah
ξ-Cep
Xi Cephei
17-Cep
17 Cephei
HR 8417[1]
HD 209790
HIP 108917[5]
TYC 4271-2619-1[4]
Gaia EDR3- 2218144866573662848[6]
Position
Right ascension:22h03m46s [6]
Declination:+64°37'42" [6]
Constellation:Cepheus
Magnitude:6.35 (V) [3]
4.68 (BT) [2]
4.28 (VT) [2]
6.33 (G) [6]
6.59 (BP) [6]
5.91 (RP) [6]
Distance:31.1 parsec
101.3 lightyrs [6]
B-V Color (mag):0.52
Proper motion (speed):218.1 mas/yr[6]
Proper motion (pos ang):67.9°
Derived quantities
Absolute mag (V):3.89

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