Delta Persei
DSS image of Delta Persei
Overlaid DSS image of Delta Persei, 60' x 60' with north at top and west to the right

Aladin viewer for the region around Delta Persei
δ Per, 39 Per
BD+47 876, HD 22928, HR 1122, WDS J03429+4747, SAO 39053, HIP 17358

Type  Star
Magnitude  3.01
Right Ascension  3h 42' 55.5"  (2000)
Declination  47° 47' 15" N
Constellation  Perseus
Classification  B5III
Observing Notes

Captain William Henry Smyth
Sep 28, 1833    No. 6 The Crescent, Bedford, England (map)
150mm f/17.6 refractor by Tully 1827

A bright star, with a companion, on the Warrior's hip, and is about 3° to the south-west of α Persei, as pointed by a line led from α Cephei, through the lucida of Perseus. A 3½, flake white; B 11, pale blue; the two pointing towards a 9th-magnitude star at a distance in the np quadrant. The vicinity is very rich. A has had a slight proper motion assigned by
    P....   RA +0".04  Dec. -0".10
B.... +0".09 -0".03
A.... +0".05 -0".05
[Hipparcos +0".02558 -0".04306]
― A Cycle of Celestial Objects Vol II, The Bedford Catalogue, William Henry Smyth, 1844
Other Data Sources for Delta Persei
Nearby objects for Delta Persei
1 object found within 120'
Psi Persei
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Delta Persei