Star profile
58 Persei
Highly luminous starWhat is 58 Persei
58 Persei glows within the Hero at almost 800 light-years, a yellow giant whose warm light has been traveling since before the Renaissance. Its G class echoes the Sun, but swollen and luminous —a star that has long left its stable youth behind. When you look at it, your gaze crosses galaxies and invisible dust to reach it. One of the many embers along Perseus' eastern flank.
Where it is and when to see it
58 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 December, when it culminates around midnight.
- From London it never sets and culminates about 80° up.
- From New York it culminates about 89° above the horizon.
- From Sydney it culminates about 15° above the horizon.
It can be seen from anywhere north of 49° S.
It ranks no. 21 in brightness among the 99 stars of Perseus in our catalogue. To find it, start from Mirfak, the brightest: it lies about 15° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 800 years ago.
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Astronomical data for 58 Persei
- Constellation
- Perseus
- Apparent magnitude
- 4.25
- Distance
- 797.6 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 69.173° · Dec 41.265°
- Catalogue
- HIP 21476 · HD 29094
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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
- Mu Persei4.12
- 16 Persei4.22
- Lambda Persei4.25
- Psi Persei4.32
- Sigma Persei4.36