42-Cas (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Fairfield , 42-Cas is visible all night because it is circumpolar. It will be highest in the sky at dusk, becoming accessible at around 20:25 (EDT), 35° above your north-western horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight at around 05:25, 28° above your northern horizon.
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Name
42-Cas
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 01h42m56s [4] |
| Declination: | +70°37'20" [4] |
| Constellation: | Cassiopeia |
| Magnitude: Variable | 5.17 (V) [2] 5.14 (BT) [2] 5.17 (VT) [2] 5.17 (G) [4] 5.16 (BP) [4] 5.18 (RP) [4] |
| Distance: | 90.0 parsec 293.3 lightyrs [4] |
| B-V Color (mag): | -0.03 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 77.6 mas/yr[4] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 100.5° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | 0.40 |
Sources