Alpheratz (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Fairfield , Alpheratz is visible in the dawn sky, rising at 02:25 (EDT) – 3 hours and 24 minutes before the Sun – and reaching an altitude of 23° above the eastern horizon before fading from view as dawn breaks at around 04:54.
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Name
Alpheratz
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 00h08m23s [3] |
| Declination: | +29°05'26" [3] |
| Constellation: | Andromeda |
| Magnitude: Variable | 2.06 (V) [3] 2.00 (BT) [2] 2.05 (VT) [2] |
| Distance: | 29.7 parsec 97.0 lightyrs [5] |
| B-V Color (mag): | -0.04 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 213.6 mas/yr[5] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 139.9° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | -0.31 |
Sources