Observation data Epoch J2000 Equinox J2000 | |
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Constellation | Cepheus [1] |
Right ascension | 03h 49m 30.0153s [2] |
Declination | +80° 19′ 20.902″ [2] |
Apparent magnitude (V) | 6.9 - 7.9 [3] |
Characteristics | |
Evolutionary stage | AGB [4] |
Spectral type | M5III [5] |
Variable type | SRb [3] |
Astrometry | |
Radial velocity (Rv) | −46.87±0.09 [6] km/s |
Proper motion (μ) | RA: −4.911 [2] mas/yr Dec.: 12.062 [2] mas/yr |
Parallax (π) | 3.9187±0.1886 mas [2] |
Distance | 830 ± 40 ly (260 ± 10 pc) |
Absolute magnitude (MV) | +0.13 [5] |
Details | |
Mass | 3.7 [7] M☉ |
Radius | 239 [8] R☉ |
Luminosity | 5,021 [8] L☉ |
Surface gravity (log g) | 2.33 [7] cgs |
Temperature | 3,830 [7] K |
Metallicity [Fe/H] | −0.32 [7] dex |
Other designations | |
Database references | |
SIMBAD | data |
SS Cephei is a semiregular variable star in the constellation Cepheus. It is of spectral type M5III, and has an estimated temperature of about 3,700 K. The star is about 830 light-years (260 parsecs) from Earth. The brightness of SS Cephei varies between magnitude 6.9 and 7.9.