Star profile
Fulu
Zeta Cassiopeiae · Cassiopeia
Hot blue starWhat is Fulu
Fulu is a hot blue star in Cassiopeia, whose name comes from classical Chinese astronomy: «Fu Lu» designated an imperial official in a series of constellations in which the sky mirrored the organisation of the court. At 593 light-years, its light set out when the Ming dynasty still reigned in China and the Catholic Monarchs had not yet finished unifying Castile and Aragon.
Where it is and when to see it
Fulu 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, when it culminates around midnight.
- From London it never sets and culminates about 88° up.
- From New York it never sets and culminates about 77° up.
- From Sydney it culminates about 2° above the horizon.
It can be seen from anywhere north of 36° S.
It ranks no. 7 in brightness among the 93 stars of Cassiopeia in our catalogue. To find it, start from Cih, the brightest: it lies about 7° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 590 years ago.
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Astronomical data for Fulu
- Constellation
- Cassiopeia
- Apparent magnitude
- 3.69
- Distance
- 593.1 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 9.243° · Dec 53.897°
- Catalogue
- HIP 2920 · HD 3360
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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
- RuchbahDelta Cassiopeiae2.66
- SeginEpsilon Cassiopeiae3.35
- AchirdEta Cassiopeiae3.46
- 50 Cassiopeiae3.95
- Kappa Cassiopeiae4.17