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34 Persei
Hot blue starWhat is 34 Persei
34 Persei shines with the deep blue of hot B-type stars, a flame burning at temperatures far above that of the Sun. Its light crossed just over five centuries of emptiness to reach us: when it set out, European navigators were only beginning to chart the American continent. It dwells in Perseus, the constellation that in Greek myth rescues Andromeda, in a region populated by young clusters and high-mass stars.
Where it is and when to see it
34 Persei lies in the northern celestial hemisphere. It is visible to the naked eye under a dark sky. Its best month of the year is November, when it culminates around midnight.
- From London it never sets and culminates about 88° up.
- From New York it never sets and culminates about 81° up.
- From Sydney it culminates about 7° above the horizon.
It can be seen from anywhere north of 40° S.
It ranks no. 27 in brightness among the 99 stars of Perseus in our catalogue. To find it, start from Mirfak, the brightest: it lies about 1° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 540 years ago.
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Astronomical data for 34 Persei
- Constellation
- Perseus
- Apparent magnitude
- 4.67
- Distance
- 539.2 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 52.342° · Dec 49.509°
- Catalogue
- HIP 16244 · HD 21428
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Other stars in Perseus
Perseus has 99 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.
- MirfakAlpha Persei1.79
- AlgolBeta Persei2.09
- Zeta Persei2.84
- 17 Persei4.56
- HIP 200704.60
- Omega Persei4.61
- 52 Persei4.67
- Pi Persei4.68