Zeta Persei

Starbox short
name=ζ Persei
epoch=J2000.0
constell=Perseus
ra=03^h 54^m 07.9^s
dec=+31° 53' 01"
spectral=B1Ib
appmag_v=+2.85
dist_ly=980
dist_pc=300
names=Menkib, 44 Per, HR 1203, HD 24398, FK5 144, SAO 56799

Zeta Persei (ζ Per / ζ Persei) is a star in the constellation Perseus.

ζ Persei is of spectral class B1 and has an Apparent magnitude of +2.85. It is a supergiant star with a radius of 21 times that of the Sun with a luminosity of 105,000 times solar. The star has a mass of 19 solar masses and is about 980 light years from the Sun.

ee also

* Druuge, a fictional race from the computer game Star Control II whose home world is a planet orbiting Zeta Persei.

External links

* [http://www.alcyone.de/SIT/bsc/bsc_search.html Bright Star Catalog]
* [http://www.astro.uiuc.edu/~kaler/sow/zetaper.html Zeta Per]