Perseus PER see us The Champion
Star Name Coords. Dist.(ly) Mag. Spect. Type of Star Features, etc.
Mirfak
Alpha Persei
Algenib
"the side"
3h 24' 19.3
+49� 51' 41
590 1.79 F5Ib White
Supergiant
part of the
Alpha Persei Group
attractive star cluster
Algol
"demon head"
aka "Demon Star"
or "The Ghoul"
Beta Persei
3h 8' 10.1
+40� 57' 21
93 2.09 B8V
G5IV
Blue Main Seq.
Yellow Sub Giant
prototype for
Eclipsing Binary
class of variable stars
every 2 days, 21 hours
dims to 3.3 for 10 hrs
Gamma
Persei
3h 4' 47.7
+53� 30' 23
260 2.91 G8III
A2V
Yellow Giant
Blue White MS
Delta Persei 3h 42' 55.4
+47� 47' 15
530 3.01 B5III Blue Giant part of the
Alpha Persei Group
attractive star cluster
Epsilon Persei 3h 57' 51.2
+40� 0' 37
540 2.90
3 + 8
B0.5V
A2V
Blue Main Seq.
Blue White MS
*
Atik
"collarbone"
Zeta Persei
3h 54' 7.9
+31� 53' 1
980 2.84
9
B1Ib Blue
Supergiant
faint companion
* Eta Persei 2h 50' 41.8
+55� 53' 44
1300 3.77
9
M3Ib-II Red
Supergiant
faint Blue
companion
Theta A
Theta Persei
Theta B
2h 44' 11.9
+49� 13' 43
36.6 4.10 F8V White MS
9.87 M1V Red
Main Sequence
Iota Persei 3h 9' 4
+49� 36' 48
34.3 4.05 G0V Yellow MS
Kappa Persei 3h 9 29.7
+44� 51' 27
112 3.79 K0III Orange Giant
Lambda Persei 4h 6' 35
+50� 21' 5
350 4.29 A0IV Blue White
Sub Giant
Mu Persei 4h 14' 53.8
+48� 24' 34
720 4.12 G0Ib Yellow
Supergiant
Nu Persei 3h 45' 11.6
+42� 34' 43
556 3.77 F5II White
Bright Giant
Menkib
Arabic: "shoulder"
Xi Persei
3h 58' 57.8
+35� 47' 28
1770 3.98 O7.5Iab Blue
Supergiant
Omicron Persei 3h 44' 19.1
+32� 17' 18
1500 3.84 B1III Blue Giant
Pi Persei 2h 58' 45.6
+39� 39' 46
330 4.68 A2V Blue White MS
Rho Persei 3h 5' 10.5
+38� 50' 25
330 3.32v M3III Red Giant variable
Sigma Persei 3h 30' 34.4
+47� 59' 43
350 4.36 K3III Orange Giant part of the
Alpha Persei Group
attractive star cluster
Tau Persei 2h 54' 15.4
+52� 45' 45
250 3.93 G4III Yellow Giant
Phi Persei 1h 43' 39.6
+50� 41' 20
720 4.01 B2V Blue MS
Psi Persei 3h 36' 29.3
+48� 11' 34
700 4.32 B5V Blue MS part of the
Alpha Persei Group
attractive star cluster
Omega Persei 3h 11' 17.3
+39� 36' 42
300 4.61 K1III Orange Giant
V436
1 Persei
1h 51' 59.3
+55� 8' 51
1030 5.53 B1.5V Blue MS
12 Persei 2h 42' 14.9
+40� 11' 38
80 4.91 F9V White MS
16 Persei 2h 50' 34.9
+38� 19' 7
128 4.22 F2III White Giant
32 Persei 3h 21' 26.5
+43� 19' 47
155 4.96 A3V Blue White MS
36 Persei 3h 32' 26.2
+46� 3' 26
119 5.30 F4III White Giant
V467
42 Persei
3h 49' 32.6
+33� 5' 29
300 5.14 A3V Blue White MS
43 Persei 3h 56' 36.4
+50� 41' 43
133 5.28 F5IV White
Sub Giant
49 Persei 4h 8' 15.2
+37� 43' 40
144 6.07 K1III Orange Giant
50 Persei 4h 8' 36.5
+38� 2' 23
70 5.52 F7V White MS
V468
53 Persei
4h 21' 33.1
+46� 29' 56
460 4.80 B4IV Blue
Sub Giant