ε-And (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Cambridge , ε-And is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 17:27 (EST), 53° above your eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 20:16, 76° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 02:20, when it sinks below 18° above your north-western horizon.
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Name
ε-And
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 00h38m33s [4] |
| Declination: | +29°18'38" [4] |
| Constellation: | Andromeda |
| Magnitude: | 4.35 (V) [2] 5.43 (BT) [2] 4.44 (VT) [2] 4.10 (G) [4] 4.57 (BP) [4] 3.47 (RP) [4] |
| Distance: | 52.0 parsec 169.4 lightyrs [4] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 0.84 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 341.2 mas/yr[4] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 222.1° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | 0.77 |
Sources