Star · White · Cassiopeia

Ruchbah

37 Cas · HIP 6686

Above the horizon all nightHighest after dark 01:33 · north · 81°

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Where is Ruchbah?

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Look north, about 81° up at 01:33 in Cassiopeia.

From London tonight, Ruchbah is above the horizon all night. It’s highest after dark at 01:33, in the north at 81°.

At magnitude 2.7 it is visible by eye, even from many towns, when the sky is clear.

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

Ruchbah looks white to the eye (color is easier to see in binoculars). Its spectral type is A5IV: white subgiant (hotter than the Sun).

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

Brighter, and its 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.

Ruchbah is a star in Cassiopeia, shining at magnitude 2.7. Its spectral type, A5IV, marks it as: white subgiant (hotter than the Sun).

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