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 evening sky, becoming accessible around 17:22 (EST), 56° above your eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 19:55, 77° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 02:21, when it sinks below 13° above your north-western horizon.
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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