Iota Persei [SEP] constellation
Iota Persei
Iota Persei (Iota Per, ι Persei, ι Per) is a main sequence dwarf star in the constellation Perseus. It is somewhat larger and greater in mass than the Sun, and is located about 34 light years distant. Iota Persei has a relatively high proper motion across the sky, and moves at a net velocity of 92 km/s, relative to the Sun.
There is a 12th-magnitude line-of-sight companion star that is not believed to be
gravitationally associated with Iota Persei.
Naming.
In Chinese, (), meaning "Mausoleum", refers to an asterism consisting of ι Persei, 9 Persei, τ Persei, κ Persei, β Persei, ρ Persei, 16 Persei and 12 Persei. Consequently, the Chinese name for ι Persei itself is (, .).
See also.
- iota Persei in fiction