Sky of Your Day
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  2. Cih

Cih

γ Cassiopeiae

Cih is a very hot blue star, in the constellation Cassiopeia. The light you see from it tonight left it around 1477.

Where to find it

From mid-northern latitudes, such as New York, Rome or Tokyo, it never sets: it circles the pole all night, all year.

Bright enough to see even from a city. Apparent magnitude 2.15.

What it’s like

It gives off 3,407 times as much light as the Sun.

Its surface is at about 10,700 degrees.

It is 549.1 light years away: 5195 trillion kilometres.

Other named stars in Cassiopeia