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Mirfak

α Persei · Perseus · also Elbow of Perseus

Ecliptic position at J2000.0
Gemini 2.09°
Ecliptic latitude +30.16°·Magnitude 1.79·F5Ib
General reference

Nature

Yellow-white supergiant.

Classical attribution

Robson assigns Jupiter-Saturn nature. Yellow-white supergiant.

Other stars in Perseus

Other stars in Gemini

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 .