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Algol

β Persei · Perseus · also Demon Star, Ra's al-Ghul

Ecliptic position at J2000.0
Taurus 26.17°
Ecliptic latitude +22.43°·Magnitude 2.12·B8V
Behenian fixed star

Nature

Variable eclipsing binary.

Classical attribution

Robson describes Algol as the most evil star in classical tradition. An eclipsing binary; the Arabic name signals its long-documented variability.

Other stars in Perseus

Other stars in Taurus

Reference, not advice

This is cultural and astronomical reference, not personal prediction or advice.

Ecliptic position at J2000.0 epoch. Present-day position is shifted by precession (~50.3 arc-seconds per year). Classical attributions paraphrased from Vivian E. Robson, “The Fixed Stars and Constellations in Astrology” (1923, public domain).

Sources

Last reviewed .