η-And (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Cambridge , η-And is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 17:27 (EST), 46° above your eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 20:35, 71° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 02:17, when it sinks below 18° above your western horizon.
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Name
η-And
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 00h57m12s [4] |
| Declination: | +23°25'02" [4] |
| Constellation: | Andromeda |
| Magnitude: | 4.40 (V) [2] 5.60 (BT) [2] 4.50 (VT) [2] 4.15 (G) [4] 4.62 (BP) [4] 3.50 (RP) [4] |
| Distance: | 79.6 parsec 259.5 lightyrs [4] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 0.94 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 62.4 mas/yr[4] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 223.5° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | -0.10 |
Sources