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Sunrise: 5:04 
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5 Persei

Above the horizon.  Circumpolar today
Alt: 22.76°   Az: 341.06°   Direction: North-North-West

5 Persei is a variable and multiple supergiant star of spectral class B5 in the constellation of Perseus.

5 Persei visual magnitude is 6.36. Because of its faintness, 5 Persei is visible to the naked eye only from locations with very dark skies, while it is not visible at all from skies affected by light pollution.

Image of 5 Persei star
DSS2 image of 5 Persei. The red arrow shows the motion of 5 Persei during the next 10000 years (-2.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

02h 13m 17s
+57° 45’ 53”
09h 43m 26s
11h 56m 43s

J2000

02h 11m 29s
+57° 38’ 44”

Galactic Coordinates

133.51°
-3.57°

Finder Chart

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.36
Supergiant

-3.10
B5I
7276K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 5 Persei is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 5 Persei. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

5 Persei is a visual double star which can be observed only with the help of very large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the 5 Persei double sysyem:

6.36
13.26
6.9
60 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

5 Persei is distant 2,546.88 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 34 kilometers per second.

781.25
2,546.88
-34 km/s
-0.013 arcsec/y
0.005"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO23011
SAO23011

Visibility from Your Location

5 Persei is circumpolar and transits at 06:31 UTC (altitude: 83.7°)