Star · Orange · Cassiopeia

Schedar

18 Cas · HIP 3179

Above the horizon all nightHighest after dark 00:49 · north · 85°

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Where is Schedar?

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Look north, about 85° up at 00:49 in Cassiopeia.

From London tonight, Schedar is above the horizon all night. It’s highest after dark at 00:49, in the north at 85°.

At magnitude 2.2 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.

Schedar looks orange to the eye (color is easier to see in binoculars). Its spectral type is K0-IIIa: orange giant (cooler than the Sun).

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

Brighter, and its orange 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.

Schedar is a star in Cassiopeia, shining at magnitude 2.2. Its spectral type, K0-IIIa, marks it as: orange giant (cooler than the Sun).

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