Star profile
Chi Cassiopeiae
What is Chi Cassiopeiae
Chi Cassiopeiae forms part of the silhouette of the seated queen whose asymmetrical W presides over the northern sky year-round. It is an orange K-type giant at 208 light-years, neighbour to a field crowded with open clusters visible to the naked eye on dark nights. Its warm glow contrasts with the white stars that trace the throne.
Where it is and when to see it
Chi 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 November: 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 Chi Cassiopeiae
- Constellation
- Cassiopeia
- Apparent magnitude
- 4.68
- Distance
- 208.2 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 23.483° · Dec 59.232°
- Catalogue
- HIP 7294 · HD 9408
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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
- 48 Cassiopeiae4.49
- Rho Cassiopeiae4.51
- CastulaUpsilon 2 Cassiopeiae4.62
- Psi Cassiopeiae4.72
- Lambda Cassiopeiae4.74