DY Persei (DY Per) is a fairly small and faint carbon star. In this image, DY Persei is so small, it is almost buried in the center of the star field. To get a good look it is best to zoom in on the center area. In the very center of the image you will find two small red stars. DY Persei is the larger of the two and has a deeper red hue. DY Persei is the prototype of the rare DY Persei class of stars. These are pulsating red variables that undergo deep declines in brightness. The declines can reach as faint as magnitude 16. Only four of these stars have been found in our galaxy so far and thirteen in the nearby Magellanic Clouds. The spectral type of DY Per is C-R4+ and it has a visual magnitude of 11.09. This is far too faint to be seen by the naked eye and viewing this star requires a telescope. The star is estimated as being 1204.8193 parsecs from us, which is roughly 3929.5949 light years away.
In this image, DY Persei is so small, it is almost buried in the center of the star field. To get a good look it is best to zoom in on the center area. In the very center of the image you will find two small red stars. DY Persei is the larger of the two and has a deeper red hue.
DY Persei is the prototype of the rare DY Persei class of stars. These are pulsating red variables that undergo deep declines in brightness. The declines can reach as faint as magnitude 16. Only four of these stars have been found in our galaxy so far and thirteen in the nearby Magellanic Clouds. The spectral type of DY Per is C-R4+ and it has a visual magnitude of 11.09. This is far too faint to be seen by the naked eye and viewing this star requires a telescope.
The star is estimated as being 1204.8193 parsecs from us, which is roughly 3929.5949 light years away.
