Its story
55 Per has a visual magnitude of about 5.72: under a reasonably dark sky it is typically reachable with the unaided eye.
Equatorial coordinates for 55 Per: right ascension 4h 24m 29s, declination +34° 7′ 50″ (J2000), in the region of the Auriga constellation (IAU figure Aur).
55 Per. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 20579, HD 27777, Gaia DR3 172824265608259200. In the SkyKeepsake Auriga (Aur) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
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Compose this starFactsHIP 20579
- Right ascension
- 4h 24m 29s
- Declination
- +34° 07′ 50″
- Magnitude
- 5.72
- Distance
- ≈ 475 ly
Data: gaia-dr3