Star profile
Lambda Cassiopeiae
Hot blue starWhat is Lambda Cassiopeiae
λ Cassiopeiae is a hot blue star set into the luminous W of Cassiopeia, one of the most recognisable figures of the northern hemisphere. It belongs to a constellation that never sets for much of Europe, fixed in the sky like an overturned throne around the pole. Its crisp flame merges with the crown of the vain queen whom Greek myth condemned to spin eternally upside down.
Where it is and when to see it
Lambda Cassiopeiae lies in the northern celestial hemisphere. It is visible to the naked eye under a dark sky. Its best month of the year is October: the Sun sits at the opposite point of the sky and the star culminates around midnight. How high it climbs above the horizon depends on the latitude you watch from.
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Astronomical data for Lambda Cassiopeiae
- Constellation
- Cassiopeia
- Apparent magnitude
- 4.74
- Distance
- 377.5 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 7.943° · Dec 54.522°
- Catalogue
- HIP 2505 · HD 2772
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Other stars in Cassiopeia
Cassiopeia has 93 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.
- CihGamma Cassiopeiae2.15
- SchedarAlpha Cassiopeiae2.24
- CaphBeta Cassiopeiae2.28
- CastulaUpsilon 2 Cassiopeiae4.62
- Chi Cassiopeiae4.68
- Psi Cassiopeiae4.72
- Xi Cassiopeiae4.80
- HIP 41514.80