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Proper Name	None
Bayer Designation	Rho Cassiopeiae
Flamsteed Number	7 Cassiopeiae
HR (BSC)	9045
HD	224014
Constellation	Cassiopeia
Right Ascension	23h 54m 23s
Declination	+57° 29' 58"
Distance	c.3,400 light years c.1,100 parsecs
Magnitude	Apparent: +4.51 Absolute: -5.61
Spectral Class	G20 yellow hypergiant
Optimum Visibility	September / October (Usually visible from northern latitudes)

Rho Cassiopeiae is an exceptionally luminous hypergiant star more than 3,400 light years from the Sun. The bluer star to its southeast is even more distant, a pulsating bright giant designated V373 Cassiopeiae. Imagery provided by Aladin sky atlas

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