HIP 117078 (PZ Cassiopeiae) [#451105986945]
This system is located at:
-16367.90625
/ 46.96875
/ -7773.8125
Galactic coordinates:
R: 18,120.230 / l: 115.405 / b: 0.149
Equatorial coordinates:
Right ascension: 23h 46m 29.036s /
Declination: 62° 4'2.295''
Habitable zone:
Metal-rich body (1,309 to 3,709 ls), Earth-like world (58,383 to 87,563 ls), Water world (47,874 to 185,406 ls), Ammonia world (121,132 to 329,611 ls), Terraformable (45,473 to 90,733 ls)
Estimated value: 2,406 cr
This system was visited for the first time on EDSM by Baton.
It was named by the Galactic Mapping Project with the name of: PZ Cassiopeiae
212 ships passed through HIP 117078 space, including 0 ship in the last 7 days.
0 ship passed through HIP 117078 space in the last 24 hours.
Located past the Formadine Rift into the darkness of the Outer Arm, this red supergiant makes a welcome waypoint for explorers. At 564 solar radii PZ Cassiopeiae is the 13th largest known star and the last of the "named" stars on the list of largest stars. PZ Cassiopeiae is a slow semi-regular variable star with the period quoted as 925 days in the General Catalogue of Variable Stars, although periods of 850 and 3,195 days have been derived. The system contains only one other object, a class-T dwarf at very long range. The photograph shows the dwarf at 5 light-seconds and PZ Cassiopeiae at 177k light-seconds.
