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Kappa Cephei
Kappa Cephei is a binary star system in the northern circumpolar constellation of Cepheus. Its name is a Bayer designation that is Latinized from κ Cephei, and abbreviated Kappa Cep or κ Cep. It is visible to the naked eye as a faint, blue white-hued point of light with an apparent visual magnitude is 4.39. The system is located approximately 323 light-years (99 pc) distant from the Earth, based on parallax measurements. It is drifting closer to the Sun with a line of sight velocity component of −23 km/s.
The two gravitationally-bound members of this system had an angular separation of 7.3″ along a position angle of 120°, as of 2015. The primary, designated component A, has a stellar classification of B9III, presenting as a blue giant. The magnitude 8.34 secondary, component B, is an A-type main-sequence star of class A7V. A third star of 10th magnitude, BD+77 763, is listed as component C in the Washington Double Star Catalog although it is a background object unrelated to the other two.
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Kappa Cephei
Kappa Cephei is a binary star system in the northern circumpolar constellation of Cepheus. Its name is a Bayer designation that is Latinized from κ Cephei, and abbreviated Kappa Cep or κ Cep. It is visible to the naked eye as a faint, blue white-hued point of light with an apparent visual magnitude is 4.39. The system is located approximately 323 light-years (99 pc) distant from the Earth, based on parallax measurements. It is drifting closer to the Sun with a line of sight velocity component of −23 km/s.
The two gravitationally-bound members of this system had an angular separation of 7.3″ along a position angle of 120°, as of 2015. The primary, designated component A, has a stellar classification of B9III, presenting as a blue giant. The magnitude 8.34 secondary, component B, is an A-type main-sequence star of class A7V. A third star of 10th magnitude, BD+77 763, is listed as component C in the Washington Double Star Catalog although it is a background object unrelated to the other two.