Star · Yellow-white · Perseus

Mirfak

33 Per · HIP 15863

Above the horizon all nightHighest after dark 03:25 · south · 88°

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Where is Mirfak?

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Look south, about 88° up at 03:25 in Perseus.

From London tonight, Mirfak is above the horizon all night. It’s highest after dark at 03:25, in the south at 88°.

At magnitude 1.8 it is one of the brighter points in the sky, easy to see by eye when it’s clear.

This is position and timing only: clouds, haze and light pollution aren’t included.

Mirfak looks yellow-white to the eye. Its spectral type is F3I: yellow-white supergiant (a little hotter than the Sun).

A yellow-white point of light, visible even from many towns when it’s clear.

Brighter, and its yellow-white color is easier to see.

Still a point of light: no amateur telescope shows a star’s surface.

What you’re likely to see, not what a space telescope photographs. General guidance from catalog brightness and size, not a forecast for tonight.

Mirfak is a star in Perseus, shining at magnitude 1.8. Its spectral type, F3I, marks it as: yellow-white supergiant (a little hotter than the Sun).

Sources: SkyMate; Wikidata (CC0). Positions computed for your place and time with astronomy-engine. Data & Licences