ω-Cas (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Cambridge , ω-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 03:56, 34° above your north-eastern horizon. At dusk, it will become visible at around 21:23 (EDT), 22° above your northern horizon.
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Name
ω-Cas
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 01h56m00s [4] |
| Declination: | +68°41'06" [4] |
| Constellation: | Cassiopeia |
| Magnitude: Variable | 4.96 (V) [2] 4.85 (BT) [2] 4.95 (VT) [2] 4.94 (G) [4] 4.91 (BP) [4] 4.99 (RP) [4] |
| Distance: | 223.2 parsec 727.6 lightyrs [4] |
| B-V Color (mag): | -0.08 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 18.3 mas/yr[4] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 124.4° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | -1.78 |
Sources