Constellation
The constellation Perseus
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Perseus gathers 99 naked-eye stars —down to magnitude 6— in Stelvia's catalogue. The brightest is Mirfak, and the constellation reaches its highest point of the night around November.
Perseus in figures
- Catalogued stars
- 99
- Brightest star
- Mirfak
- Region of the sky
- Northern sky
- Highest around
- November
- With a proper name
- 6
- Nearest star
- Iota Persei
Those visible to the naked eye, down to magnitude 6
Apparent magnitude 1.79
Declination from 31° to 58°
Month when it culminates at midnight
Stars with a traditional name, not just a catalogue designation
34 light years
These figures are computed over Stelvia's catalogue —stars visible to the naked eye, down to magnitude 6—, not over the constellation's real total: the count, the brightest and the nearest all refer to that catalogue. The region of the sky comes from the median declination of its stars; the month, from their mean right ascension.
Every star in Perseus
The 99 stars of Perseus catalogued by Stelvia, from the brightest to the faintest. Each one has its own page.
- MirfakAlpha Persei1.79
- AlgolBeta Persei2.09
- Zeta Persei2.84
- Epsilon Persei2.90
- Gamma Persei2.91
- Delta Persei3.01
- Rho Persei3.32
- MiramEta Persei3.77
- Nu Persei3.77
- MisamKappa Persei3.79
- AtikOmicron Persei3.84
- Tau Persei3.93
- 48 Persei3.96
- MenkibXi Persei3.98
- Phi Persei4.01
- Iota Persei4.05
- Theta Persei4.10
- Mu Persei4.12
- 16 Persei4.22
- Lambda Persei4.25
- 58 Persei4.25
- Psi Persei4.32
- Sigma Persei4.36
- 17 Persei4.56
- HIP 200704.60
- Omega Persei4.61
- 34 Persei4.67
- 52 Persei4.67
- Pi Persei4.68
- HIP 143824.77
- 53 Persei4.80
- HIP 154164.85
- HIP 224534.89
- 12 Persei4.91
- 54 Persei4.93
- 24 Persei4.94
- 32 Persei4.96
- 40 Persei4.97
- HIP 161474.99
- 4 Persei4.99
- HIP 152195.04
- 31 Persei5.05
- 21 Persei5.10
- 42 Persei5.14
- 9 Persei5.16
- 29 Persei5.16
- HIP 140435.24
- 43 Persei5.28
- HIP 207045.29
- 36 Persei5.30
- 59 Persei5.30
- HIP 157705.32
- 20 Persei5.34
- HIP 183965.39
- 14 Persei5.43
- HIP 201565.46
- HIP 139655.47
- HIP 164705.47
- 30 Persei5.49
- HIP 184345.49
- 50 Persei5.52
- 1 Persei5.53
- HIP 172035.55
- HIP 202345.55
- HIP 162105.58
- HIP 174605.60
- HIP 179325.65
- HIP 175845.66
- HIP 218235.66
- HIP 99905.66
- 2 Persei5.70
- 3 Persei5.70
- HIP 161685.72
- 55 Persei5.73
- 8 Persei5.75
- HIP 195255.75
- 11 Persei5.76
- HIP 182125.76
- 56 Persei5.77
- HIP 158765.78
- HIP 180815.78
- HIP 151925.79
- HIP 165915.79
- HIP 163405.82
- HIP 126865.85
- HIP 133395.86
- HIP 219725.86
- HIP 139495.89
- HIP 165185.91
- HIP 150045.93
- HIP 156695.94
- HIP 178465.95
- HIP 202415.95
- HIP 85985.96
- HIP 153345.97
- HIP 218475.97
- HIP 152415.98
- 7 Persei5.99
- HIP 222205.99
A symbolic commemorative gift: neither the signature nor the chosen name implies ownership of the star or recognition by the IAU.