Its story
2 Per has a visual magnitude of about 5.68: under a reasonably dark sky it is typically reachable with the unaided eye.
Equatorial coordinates for 2 Per: right ascension 1h 52m 9s, declination +50° 47′ 34″ (J2000), in the region of the Cassiopeia constellation (IAU figure Cas).
2 Per. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 8714, HD 11291, Gaia DR3 358011366943014016. In the SkyKeepsake Cassiopeia (Cas) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
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Compose this starFactsHIP 8714
- Right ascension
- 1h 52m 09s
- Declination
- +50° 47′ 34″
- Magnitude
- 5.68
- Distance
- ≈ 478 ly
Data: gaia-dr3