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ObservationMirfak can be seen in its home constellation located in the first quadrant of the northern hemisphere, specifically between latitudes of +90 and -35 degrees; north of New York City this star never sets under the horizon. Alpha Persei can be observed with the unaided eye and lies between the Pleiades Cluster and the North Star (Polaris).
osr.org/blog/astronomy/alpha-persei/
date 2018
April 1
time, 14:59
ObservationMirfak can be seen in its home constellation located in the first quadrant of the northern hemisphere, specifically between latitudes of +90 and -35 degrees; north of New York City this star never sets under the horizon. Alpha Persei can be observed with the unaided eye and lies between the Pleiades Cluster and the North Star (Polaris).
The 3 WOBBLES
by Henryk Szubinski
There are 3 stars like this that never set over the horizon.
They are Alpha Persei , the North star and the star Alpha Persei itself.
In relation to their positions of observation, they create the MORPHOLOGY
of the 3 positions.
Alpha Persei
does not set beneath the night sky in New York.
between several clouds similar to the horizon of planets and their accention between several such spherical systems of clouds as caught in between them on several layers of the GAIASKY image.While in search of the +/- star types as interactive in the depth perception of space as space may be intelligent to the extent that several intelligent space positionings may be possible with the relations of the space positioning of stars as having intelligent meaning in reference to other STELLAR CLOUDS and their spectra as Energy fields may also simulate the reality of real planetary spheres on the larger level so that when compressed into the Earth size sphere , the inter positioning of the star becomes the observational position of the star as the observer in it's flux of observer and observed.
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Alpha Persei
Location of α Per (circled)
Observation data
Epoch J2000 Equinox J2000
Constellation
Perseus
Right ascension
03h 24m 19.37009s[1]
Declination
+49° 51′ 40.2455″[1]
Apparent magnitude (V)
1.806[2]
Characteristics
Spectral type
F5 Ib[2][3]
U−B color index
+0.38[4]
B−V color index
+0.483[4]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)
–2.04[5] km/s
Proper motion (μ)
RA: +23.75[1] mas/yr
Dec.: -26.23[1] mas/yr
Parallax (π)
6.44 ± 0.17[1] mas
Distance
510 ± 10 ly
(155 ± 4 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)
–5.1[3]
Details
Mass
8.5 ± 0.3[2] M☉
Radius
68 ± 3[6] R☉
Surface gravity (log g)
1.90 ± 0.04[2] cgs
Temperature
6,350 ± 100[2] K
Metallicity [Fe/H]
–0.02[7] dex
Rotational velocity (v sin i)
20[8] km/s
Age
41[2] Myr
Other designations
Mirfak, Mirphak, Marfak, Algeneb, Algenib, α Persei, α Per, Alpha Per, 33 Persei, BD+49 917, CCDM J03243+4951A, FK5 120, GC 4041, HD 20902, HIP 15863, HR 1017, IDS 03171+4930 A, PPM 46127, SAO 38787, WDS J03243+4952A.
Database references
SIMBAD
data
Alpha Persei (α Persei, abbreviated Alpha Per, α Per), also named Mirfak,[9] is the brightest star in the northern constellation of Perseus, just outshining the constellation's best known star, Algol. α Persei has an apparent visual magnitude of 1.8,[5] and is a circumpolar star when viewed from mid-northern latitudes.
Mirfak lies in the midst of a cluster of stars named as the eponymous Alpha Persei Cluster, or Melotte 20, which is easily visible in binoculars and includes many of the fainter stars in the constellation.[10] Determined distance using the trigonometric parallax, places the star 510 light-years (160 parsecs) from the Sun.[1]
Properties[edit]
The spectrum of Alpha Persei matches a stellar classification of F5 Ib,[2] revealing it to be a supergiant star in the latter stages of its evolution. It has a similar spectrum to Procyon, though the latter star is much less luminous. This difference is highlighted in their spectral designation under the Yerkes spectral classification, published in 1943, where stars are ranked on luminosity as well as spectral typing. Procyon is thus F5 IV,[11] a subgiant star. Since 1943, the spectrum of Alpha Persei has served as one of the stable anchor points by which other stars are classified.[12]
Mirfak has about 8.5[2] times the Sun's mass and has expanded to roughly 60[6] times the size of the Sun. It is radiating 5,000[10] times as much luminosity as the Sun from its outer atmosphere at an effective temperature of 6,350 K,[2] which creates the yellow-white glow of an F-type star. In the Hertzsprung–Russell Diagram, Mirfak lies inside the region in which Cepheid variables are found.[13] It is thus useful in the study of these stars, which are important standard candles.[10]
Nomenclature[edit]
Alpha Persei is the star's Bayer designation.
The star also bore the traditional names Mirfak and Algenib, which are Arabic in origin. The former, meaning 'Elbow' and also written Mirphak, Marfak or Mirzac, comes from the Arabic Mirfaq al-Thurayya, while Algenib, also spelt Algeneb, Elgenab, Gęnib, Chenib or Alchemb, is derived from الجنب al-janb, or الجانب al-jānib, 'the flank' or 'side'.[14][15] and was also the traditional name for Gamma Pegasi.[16] In 2016, the International Astronomical Union organized a Working Group on Star Names (WGSN)[17] to catalog and standardize proper names for stars. The WGSN's first bulletin of July 2016[18] included a table of the first two batches of names approved by the WGSN; which included Mirfak for this star (Gamma Pegasi was given the name Algenib).
Hinali'i is the name of the star in Native Hawaiian astronomy. The name of the star is meant to commemorate a great tsunami and mark the beginning of the migration of Maui. According to some Hawaiian folklore, Hinali'i is the point of separation between the Earth and the sky that happened during the creation of the Milky Way.[19]
Assemani alluded to a title on the Borgian globe, Mughammid (مغمد), or Muliammir al Thurayya (ملىمرٱلطرى), the Concealer of the Pleiades, which, from its location, may be for this star.[14]
This star, together with δ Per, ψ Per, σ Per, γ Per and η Per, has been called the Segment of Perseus.[14]
In Chinese, 天船 (Tiān Chuلn), meaning Celestial Boat, refers to an asterism consisting of α Persei, η Persei, γ Persei, ψ Persei, δ Persei, 48 Persei, μ Persei and HD 27084. Consequently, α Persei itself is known as 天船三 (Tiān Chuلn sān, English: the Third Star of Celestial Boat.)[20]
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Here's the North star and it's center position in the night sky of Europe.
The PERSEUS star cluster already appears to be in the shape of the Y as related to it's triangular positions when you look at the constellation.
with each of the rotational structures the variables are =3 exp 3 as in exp +3 positions for each new variable exp+3 and the variables of the Perseus cluster as exp 3+3+3
So the total variables are= 3 exp 21
So the total variables are= 3 exp 21