Observation data Epoch J2000 Equinox J2000 | |
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Constellation | Cassiopeia |
Right ascension | 23h 54m 23.0s[1] |
Declination | +57° 29′ 58″[1] |
Apparent magnitude (V) | 4.1 to 6.2[2] |
Characteristics | |
Spectral type | G2Iae[3] (F8pIa-K0pIa-0)[2] |
U−B color index | 1.15[4] |
B−V color index | 1.26[4] |
Variable type | SRd[2] |
Astrometry | |
Radial velocity (Rv) | −47[3] km/s |
Proper motion (μ) | RA: −4.54[1] mas/yr Dec.: −3.45[1] mas/yr |
Parallax (π) | 0.9470 ± 0.2021 mas[5] |
Distance | 8,150±1,630 ly (2,500±500 pc)[6] |
Absolute magnitude (MV) | –9.5[7] |
Details | |
Mass | 40[7] M☉ |
Radius | 564±67 – 700±112[8] R☉ |
Luminosity | 302,000 – 530,000,[6] 129,000[9] L☉ |
Surface gravity (log g) | 0.1[3] cgs |
Temperature | 4,571 – 6,044[6] K |
Metallicity [Fe/H] | 0.3[10] dex |
Rotational velocity (v sin i) | 25[11] km/s |
Age | 4 – 6[7] Myr |
Other designations | |
Database references | |
SIMBAD | data |
Rho Cassiopeiae (/ˌroʊ kæsiəˈpiːaɪ, -sioʊ-, -iː/; ρ Cas, ρ Cassiopeiae) is a yellow hypergiant star in the constellation Cassiopeia. It is about 8,150 light-years (2,500 pc) from Earth, yet can still be seen by the naked eye as it is over 300,000 times brighter than the Sun. On average it has an absolute magnitude of −9.5, making it visually one of the most luminous stars known. Recently imaged and measured by the CHARA array in 2024, its diameter measures between 564 and 700 times that of the Sun, approximately 879,000,000 kilometers (5.88 AU; 546,000,000 mi), or almost three times the size of Earth's orbit, making it one of the largest stars known.[8]
Rho Cassiopeiae is a single star, and is categorized as a semiregular variable. As a yellow hypergiant, it is one of the rarest types of stars. Only a few dozen are known in the Milky Way, but it is not the only one in its constellation which also contains V509 Cassiopeiae.[12]
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